Michael Ramel Poet Tail-rhyme

Notes About The Poem

The hedera is a lovely piece of punctuation primarily found in early Latin and Greek texts. Its purpose was to to signify a break between paragraphs. The hedera can be described essentially as a floral heart. So I am comparing this punctuation mark (which has been assigned to the punctuation graveyard) to a breaking heart. The hedera punctuation can also appear as a dagger.

My Heart's Hedera

My heart's hedera [†]
Like two paragraphs
It breaks [selah]
     between you and I
It breaks [selah]
     and aches just to look at you
It breaks [selah]
     when we fight
And you leave for the night

My heart's hedera [†]
Now twain
Let no one put asunder [selah]
What God has bade
It breaks [selah]
An acceptable sacrifice
[Ampersand] we are humbled, broken and contrite

My heart's hedera [†]
It bereaves [ampersand]
As it reads a melancholy missive
It breaks [selah]
  and at the end of our dirge
It beats for one last time, then my soul will merge

(And like a hedera [†]
For further breaking and lamenting of this idol factory
(which is also a pariah)
Consult the prophet Jeremiah)

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Crystol Woods October 13, 2024 at 11:52 AM Wow!! This is awesome! I love the symbolic punctuation you've revived for this beautiful sentiment! A love poem,deep and heartfelt! Xo Michael Ramel October 13, 2024 at 12:29 PM Thanks Crystol