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Sad Past That Haunts These Halls

Sad Past That Haunts These Halls Where fled that glowing ghost of such lost art, flame that glowed so brightly- then raced away No bright stars on an astronomy chart word-masters storming so far from the fray. And what of the newer machine set up, a lighter, rapid but far weaker beast Should poetry have kept its golden cup and hungered far more for its epic feast? Where fled the glowing ghost of such lost art? Ah pity, that some never dare to say- In that vast space keeping souls far apart They that know of epic past in its day. Some few kneel, searching again for glory- For new ending for this sad, sad story! Robert J. Lindley, 11-12-2015 Syllables Per Line: 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 Total # Syllables: 140 Total # Lines: 17 (Including empty lines) Words with (syllables) counted programmatically: Total # Words: 110

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Jaycee Cervenka

Date: 11/27/2015 11:02:00 PM

I sometimes think it strange that I love classic poets, and yet I rarely use classic forms such as the sonnet. I think we are slowly losing the craft to free verse and experimentation. Luckily there are places like this to challenge us to seek them out.

Robert Lindley
Date: 11/28/2015 12:06:00 PM

I have no problem with the majority of the new and talented poets and even creative forms but this emphasis on treating the classics and the past greats as dinosaurs irks me greatly. I may break rules on much in poetry but I never break my admiration for the talent ad glory of the past greats!