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Susceptible

I am too susceptible to poetry a perfect metaphor wakes me from stupor and a clever rhyme takes me to the sublime while an elegant elegy drives away my lethargy but a mismetered sonnet makes me hot under the bonnet. Yet for all these wonders I struggle to be free and usually draw a blank.

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Joe Dimino

Date: 1/29/2018 8:17:00 PM

:)Very well done. True, blank verse has its appeal.

D.W. Rodgers
Date: 1/30/2018 11:25:00 AM

Thanks Joe, sometimes playtime works. In fact blank verse is sometimes more work than it's worth.

Maria Williams

Date: 5/2/2017 11:02:00 PM

Clever verse Dave - just don't draw a blank look forward to your next poem.

D.W. Rodgers
Date: 5/3/2017 12:31:00 PM

Thanks Maria, one of those times when the first line came and the rest was play. And I always have to look up the difference between blank and free verse.

Maureen Mcgreavy

Date: 4/17/2017 4:28:00 PM

I love this, especially the bee under your bonnet for the mismetered sonnet ;) 7!

D.W. Rodgers
Date: 4/17/2017 8:09:00 PM

Thanks Maureen