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A Traveller's Anthem

A Traveller's Anthem

So much in verse, so unlike prose
A marvelous gift to each of those
Who revel in it's glory

Yet here I am, mere mortal man
Inspired by one who's aura can
Compel me to my story

A traveller? Yes, but please refrain
From treating us with that disdain
Usually reserved for others.

A breed apart? Yes I suppose
But don't forget we're also those
Who need and care, like you.

A pensive type? Usually so,
No thoughts distracted as we go
Between our home and......home.

Our home is where we lay our hat
An oft used term, but without that
We'd shrivel up and die.

And yet there's always constant yearning
Of things no book or tutored learning
Could express as much as this:

A settled life, a home from home
That counter-balance for those who roam
The cities, skies and sea.

And so to you my thoughts do wander
As I, alone, sit here and ponder
Of what you did for me.

You made me welcome for your part
You found a place within my heart
And that is where you'll stay.

Although the miles keep us apart
You'll always have part of my heart,
So much of that you've won.

Copyright © Thomas Mansfield | Year Posted 2014

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Charles Reese Date: 9/5/2014 11:43:00 PM A very nice and heartfelt poem but the rhyme is not that of a terza rima . Check the forms page if you want to do a proper terza rima for the contest. Login to Reply Charles Reese Date: 9/6/2014 7:25:00 AM My poem A Spanish Queen was done in a proper terza rimna style. Thomas Mansfield Date: 9/6/2014 4:59:00 AM Thanks once again Charles. I am an engineer, not a poet, as is becoming glaringly obvious... Your words, although enlightening to the more literary proficient as I, are all double dutch to me, I am afraid to admit... lol. And i am still none the wiser as to what form of poem this is... Charles Reese Date: 9/6/2014 1:44:00 AM Here is the defination poetry soup givesTerza rima is a verse form composed of iambic tercets (three-line groupings). The rhyme scheme for this form of poetry is "aba bcb cdc, etc." The second line of each tercet sets the rhyme for the following tercet, and thus supplying the verse with a common thread, a way to link the stanzas. The only time the form changes is at the conclusion of the poem, where the terza rima ends with either a single line or couplet repeating the rhyme of the middle line of the final tercet (like d or dd). Thomas Mansfield Date: 9/6/2014 12:56:00 AM Hi Charles, Thanks. I am not a poet who has studied poetry. When I posted I had been travelling for 22 hours. It was the closest I could find. You told me what it's NOT, but never mentioned what it COULD be. There are so many! I expect I will look. I suppose I am not destined ever to win a competition. Winning a poetry competition is not what it is all about for me. Sharing my words and feelings IS.