Keola - Free Verse

Keola – Free Verse
Crossroads Converge

Robert Frost

TWO ROADS crossed paths – DIVERGED IN A crossroads YELLOW WOOD
AND I felt the binding turning points
Bound up on fiery indecision of whispering bellows 
Take the smooth byway that beckoned –
The easy thoroughfare of compromising positions –
Or
A narrower way, a dusty avenue of overgrown ambivalence,
A rough path cobbled with pacing anxiety
Tread this indolent valley’s vacillation
Slightly overgrown with luring curiosity begging for attention.

I TOOK this invitation
THE ONE with scattered isolated footprints LESS TRAVELED
BY hasty choices AND the one THAT sang
In baritone vibrations of either or –
That HAS promises of reconciliation in quiet meditations
MADE upon this parallel path –
ALL OF THE DIFFERENCE beneath the serenity of arching boughs
And songbirds cooing in cool glens, scented leaves fluttering,
Resting in consolation’s life -
The consummation of white fire.

1-21-22
Contest: Keola Secret
Sponsor:  William Kekaula

Copyright © | Year Posted 2022



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Date: 1/22/2022 8:01:00 PM
This is so inspiring, that Robert Frost quote has long been one of my favorites, also like the contrast between 'hasty choices and the one that sang' - many layers here, should be a top winner!
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Date: 1/21/2022 5:50:00 PM
I don't understand the contest, Sam, good luck in the contest. Blessings to you for a new year with all your expectations.
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Sam Kauffman
Date: 1/21/2022 6:49:00 PM
Hi Eve, thank you for your positive thoughts and blessings. I so appreciate them! As I understand it you take a well known quote or saying, like "good things come to he who waits,' and write a poem around the theme imbedding it into the lines using the theme of the quote as your overarching theme. I looked at Emile's entry and finally understood the concept - I think! I think that William used his son's name, Keola, as a title for the poem in memoriam. Had to spend time ferreting out the details. Took a while! Hope this is helpful. Sending you blessings of joy and gladness.
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