On Graveyards Damp
Across the knoll where fading starlight hangs
On graveyards damp, laying on pleated moss
While row of angels bears the gusty winds;
As evening spreads its thin veil on the ground .
My hands begin to trace each cross on the aisle
Revealing a child’s name, young bones interred
Within the deepened chamber of his tomb,
Enshrined in limestone white...like a pure dove .
That on this foggy glen, a mother kneels
Accompanied by evanescing stars…
Her lips pressed on crystals of prayer beads
Till musings are whispered to a lost son .
Embracing this woman’s grief, I rewind
All memories of my father, long gone;
Beside this crypt, there Dad quietly rests;
Maybe pleased, as I leave garlands for the babe.
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For the Contest: Poetry Writing #1
Sponsor: Broken Wings
12/16/2015
By nette onclaud
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~Blank Verse is poetry that is written
in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
http://www.poeticterminology.net/07-blank-verse.html
* In theory, it consists of ten syllables though 8 or more
syls are accepted.
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~This is one of my favorite forms as it allows me
to combine a rhythmic, flowing pattern in iambic meter
with dash of free-verse style.
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