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Poet, the Alchemist

Poet, the Alchemist of prose 
magician, conjurer, word flows
vivid imagery, life sublime 
illuminating minds through time
a poet’s imagination

Sweetly words lie in hallowed rows
casting and themes, a story grows
or rhyme and skip along a page
Poet, the Alchemist.

Perhaps a poet’s holy grail
write one poem that might entail
philosophy, enlightenment
that would be an accomplishment
non-fiction, not a fairy tale
Poet, the Alchemist.


Entered in NA rerun-2 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: John Hamilton
5th Place with thanks

Entered in "Rondeau Poetry Contest"
Sponsor: Charles Messina
Written 25/07/2019
Honourable Mention thank you

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John Hamilton

Date: 8/10/2019 6:39:00 PM

Thanks for your entry, this time you got a placement, congrats!

Georgia Kereopa
Date: 8/14/2019 3:08:00 AM

Thank you so much John

Line Gauthier

Date: 8/4/2019 1:50:00 PM

Much enjoyed your poem, Georgia. Hope you get a chance to tweak it for the contest because it's a winner.

Georgia Kereopa
Date: 8/4/2019 2:03:00 PM

Thanks for reading and your comments which are encouraging.

Kurt Ravidas

Date: 8/4/2019 10:04:00 AM

My best congrats to the poet and the alchemist. Great rondeau.

Georgia Kereopa
Date: 8/4/2019 1:54:00 PM

Awww thanks Kurt, we write, we grow

Charles Messina

Date: 8/4/2019 7:32:00 AM

Wonderful poem Georgia, unfortunately in the line "write that one line that might entail" there are 9 syllables. Thanks for entering my contest. Loved the poem. Charlie

Georgia Kereopa
Date: 8/4/2019 1:53:00 PM

Thanks Charles for your observation and feedback.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/28/2019 2:02:00 PM

This is really pretty. Love the imagery you used! I see you used a different rhyme for your a and b rhymes in each verse. I hope it is accepted that way. I really like that style of doing it because it gives more freedom to the writer.

Georgia Kereopa
Date: 7/29/2019 6:18:00 AM

Hi Andrea, first time penning a Rondeau and I interpreted the instructions literally. I see what you mean, now I've revisited, poem examples. Well this will be my learning from this exercise.