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This poem uses the new 'Goblet' Poetry Form with a cup (the substance), a stem (pithy reflections) and a base (conclusion)

The Cup - develops the theme, viewpoints, arguments, ideas
5 lines => 9,8,7,6,5 syllables
The Stem - pithy phrases, short sharp adage, paradox, or questioning
6 lines => 4,3,2,1,1,1 syllables
The Base - conclusion, resolution, epilogue
2 lines => 4,7 syllables

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Drink Thrice from The Goblet


To know that you know, shakes fragile ground
under what's unanswerable
crying out for the answers
to why this—that occurs
we bridge the gap with
a mythical
solution
put in
charge
here
there
ceding control
to omniscient servitude.

We know we can't master storms nor fate
nor read the grammar of seasons.
So we summon intention
to order the chaos
from the know-it-all
we put in charge,
we can name,
blame and
damn
as
cause
for all the gaps
in our shortfall of knowings.

We see how causes fail, fall away
as our knowledge and learning grows.
With the mystical dwindling
to explain, it recedes
into the background
left to beliefs
held by faiths
yearning
to
be
made
a whole being
spiritually complete.

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