Jeff Kyser Poet Other

The Infinite

The infinite stares back at me
from there across a great divide,
so unimaginably wide,
so far beyond where eyes can see.
Perceive a singularity?
I cannot grasp, although I’ve tried,
the infinite.

I entertain bewildered glee
somehow to gain the other side.
To take an interstellar ride,
imagining how I can be
the infinite…

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A Rondine: (R a) b b a a b R a b b a R
https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/rondine-poetic-form

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Hat Bueckert January 18, 2023 at 2:16 PM I feel this way about the ocean, perfectly said Jeff, like overwhelming vastness, nice work :)

Andrea Dietrich October 15, 2022 at 10:46 AM Love this example you showed for your contest challenge. Lovely!

Sara Kendrick October 15, 2022 at 6:38 AM I like this one as well as the others. I am sure that it won't be so easy to write. Great work. Way to go. Sara Jeff Kyser October 15, 2022 at 6:45 AM thanks, Sara, I liked the way this one worked out. I'm hoping others enjoy trying their hands at the rondine as well!

Unseeking Seeker October 12, 2022 at 7:38 AM Great musings here, Jeff in a new style! As for the question, yes, meditation offers a window to expand consciousness to infinity

Linda Alice Fowler October 1, 2022 at 8:31 AM I'll buy a ticket :) Linda

Constance La France October 1, 2022 at 5:34 AM Jeff, wonderful write and I like the form also, this is a form I would love to write in also, Constance

L Milton Hankins September 30, 2022 at 9:11 AM Hmmm...this is a new form for me, Jeff, and I like it. I must give it a try. It's sort of like an abbreviated Rondeau Redouble. Did you invent this??? Jeff Kyser September 30, 2022 at 9:34 AM No, Melani Udaeta posted one this morning, first time I'd seen it. Looks like the lines are typically 8 or 10 syllables, except the refrain. It has a nice, light, airy feel to me. Going to have to add that one to the list of forms to keep working with!