Falling From the Heights

FALLING FROM THE HEIGHTS Who knew the road would fill with gravel’s pain? My feet, sore bare, beneath the calloused peat. The sun beat hard, no friend the serpent’s bane. Fate’s sweat does drip, with chains, the dark complete. The street does twist and wretch, the cliffs enormous. The vertiginous heights of panic feeze. Unpaid regret, ill storm felt ginormous. Unholiness does creep upon my knees. Good pleasure pled, my youth to harken please, whilst time did serve the stench of gargoyled feet. And greening eyes would steal the gold, and seize the king’s pure daughter, then his regal seat. The plummet ferocious does tear my skin. The dirgelike wind does moan and fleece my sin. 3/8/2018
bane - woe, curse, destruction feeze - a state of alarm or excitement

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Date: 2/8/2020 9:42:00 PM
Very well written, Kim. Appreciate your choice of words. God bless you.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 2/8/2020 10:48:00 PM
Thank you!
Date: 1/14/2019 6:59:00 AM
Kim, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this sonnet. Such beautiful imagery.
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Date: 1/14/2019 7:35:00 AM
Thank you, Valerie!
Date: 3/23/2018 7:55:00 PM
My friend ,this is by any decent standard a top class sonnet, a pleasure to read such a gem. Belated congratulations on this jewel being awarded POTD.. A FAV...
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Date: 3/23/2018 9:17:00 PM
Thanks so much, Robert!
Date: 3/18/2018 9:25:00 AM
Kim, my belated congrats to you for your awesome Sonnet, with such amazing imagery and masterful phrasing, being honored as Poem Of The Day! Excellent! Hugs, Sandra
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 3/18/2018 2:32:00 PM
Thank you, sweet Sandra! <3
Date: 3/17/2018 6:53:00 AM
Crazy good stuff Kim! Congratulations on potd :) xomo!
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 3/17/2018 9:04:00 AM
Thank you, Maureen!
Date: 3/13/2018 9:31:00 AM
An awesome poem with great imagery, congrats on your POTD, Kim.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 3/17/2018 9:03:00 AM
Thank you, Line!
Date: 3/13/2018 1:36:00 AM
EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT Kim! Superbly written! Congratulations on your most deserved POTD! This is going into my Faves ! : )
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Date: 3/13/2018 6:19:00 AM
Thanks so much, Connie!
Date: 3/10/2018 4:44:00 PM
Congratulations on POTD Kim..
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 3/10/2018 8:24:00 PM
Thank you, Silent!
Date: 3/10/2018 12:41:00 PM
- Excellent sonnet, Kim :) - Congratulations on your p.o.t.d. :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 3/10/2018 8:24:00 PM
Thanks, Anne-Lise!
Date: 3/10/2018 12:13:00 PM
POTD, POTM, POTY, a triple whammy got to be! Congratulations Kim... Mick
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 3/10/2018 8:26:00 PM
Thank you so much, Mick! Hugs!
Date: 3/10/2018 11:04:00 AM
You write outstanding poetry. No wonder with such an outstanding vocabulary. Congratulations.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 3/10/2018 8:27:00 PM
Thanks so much, Sunlite!
Date: 3/10/2018 10:41:00 AM
Excellent.....I had to search out the "required words" they hid so seamlessly with this masterful sonnet.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 3/10/2018 8:28:00 PM
No required words. Just my own. Thanks, John!
Date: 3/10/2018 10:26:00 AM
A striking and superb sonnet Kim. Congratulations your POTD honors..
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 3/10/2018 8:28:00 PM
Thank you, my friend!
Date: 3/10/2018 8:24:00 AM
Well done Kim, excellent sonnet, congratulations for POTD honors...
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 3/10/2018 8:26:00 PM
Thank you, my friend!
Date: 3/10/2018 7:36:00 AM
Congratulations Kim on POTD. Sonnets can be very constricting but you have done well using the given words. Good luck!
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 3/10/2018 8:25:00 PM
No given words. Just my own. Thank you, Daniel!
Date: 3/10/2018 7:14:00 AM
What an awesome sonnet, Kim - congrats on POTD!
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Date: 3/10/2018 7:18:00 AM
Thank you, Agnes!
Date: 3/10/2018 6:46:00 AM
Wow, Kim, what a great sonnet. Congrats on POTD! John
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Date: 3/10/2018 7:17:00 AM
Thank you, John!
Date: 3/10/2018 6:17:00 AM
Congrats Kim on POTD..a wonderful poem!
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Date: 3/10/2018 7:16:00 AM
Thank you, my friend!
Date: 3/10/2018 6:08:00 AM
Congratulations on POTD Kim with this fabulous sonnet, a joy to read. :))
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Date: 3/10/2018 7:16:00 AM
Thank you, Roy!
Date: 3/10/2018 5:51:00 AM
Congratulations. This is absolutely wonderful.
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Date: 3/10/2018 7:16:00 AM
Thanks so much, Kai!
Date: 3/10/2018 5:39:00 AM
Brilliant Kim, no surprise on POTD. Well done.
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Date: 3/10/2018 7:16:00 AM
Thank you, Tom!
Date: 3/10/2018 4:25:00 AM
Great write Kim..Congrats on POTD
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Date: 3/10/2018 7:15:00 AM
Thank you, Joseph!
Date: 3/10/2018 2:04:00 AM
I really enjoyed this awesome poem of yours Kim. Congratulations on a well deserved POTD....Maria
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 3/10/2018 7:15:00 AM
Thanks so much!
Date: 3/9/2018 6:55:00 AM
I once read somewhere, "Don't eat thine own heart"--but like you say in this phenomenal write, easier said than done. And you also say, very bravely, it starts with self honesty. "If not for the grace of God...", haven't we been truly blessed with chances. Thank you for reminding me. Great read!
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 3/9/2018 3:59:00 PM
Thank you for your comment! ...hugs, Kim
Date: 3/9/2018 4:58:00 AM
Very Shakespearean Kim, Brilliant.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 3/9/2018 5:29:00 AM
Best compliment! Thank you, my friend!
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