Must You Mileage Chalk Up In Free Verse Speed Way

Poet's Notes

(Show)

Become a Premium Member and post notes and photos about your poem like T Wignesan.

Must you mileage chalk up in free verse speed way For Kim Patrice Nunez*, with hope Must you mileage chalk up in free verse speed way Let your wheels skid by letting loose grip on wheel Free verse range’s for marksmen trained on rondolet* Dipodic foot pantun villanelle dactyl Cut their teeth on the slippery run-on-line Roll their anaepest tongue round limerick rhyme Do not a ballad begin with aubade fine Nor drive straight past end-stopped line’s feminine rhyme Such as painters’ coprophilia canvasses Hide chance ironic hidden ghostly faces Cubist abstract surrealist morasses Whose apprenticeships lead to trumping aces Far too many poets love the sound of words Yet shirk bardic tasks speeding on twisted roads * Nunez: Sorry, no tilde over the “n” on my Mac. • rondolet: French pronunciation rhymes with “way”. © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2015

Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem.

Please Login to post a comment

Teddy Kimathi

Date: 2/27/2016 4:08:00 AM

Greetings T. Congrats for having your wonderful poem featured in the Poetry Soup homepage!!! ;-)

T Wignesan
Date: 2/27/2016 6:29:00 AM

Hi Teddy & Kim! Didn't know (don't remember) this poem was featured. Nonplussed. Thanks a lot for taking the trouble to give me a clap on the back. All I was trying to say (and this's my considered opinion), FREE VERSE is a driving licence placed in the hands of those who have never sat in a driver's seat (an extreme view, I avow, but I stand by it). Wignesan

Kp Nunez

Date: 11/3/2015 1:39:00 PM

Hi T. I'm sorry it's just today that I've read this poem. Very analytical, it still came out with such grace as a sonnet. Interesting how you extolled on the virtues of rhymed forms mentioned vis a vis that of free verse. With due respect, free verse is a favorite form though I am also comfortable with many rhymed forms I've come to learn here. 7 and fav. Thank you for the dedication. hugs!