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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… ---------- 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

Date: 1/18/2023 2:16:00 PM

I feel this way about the ocean, perfectly said Jeff, like overwhelming vastness, nice work :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/15/2022 10:46:00 AM

Love this example you showed for your contest challenge. Lovely!

Sara Kendrick

Date: 10/15/2022 6:38:00 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
Date: 10/15/2022 6:45:00 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

Date: 10/12/2022 7:38:00 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

Date: 10/1/2022 8:31:00 AM

I'll buy a ticket :) Linda

Constance La France

Date: 10/1/2022 5:34:00 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

Date: 9/30/2022 9:11:00 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
Date: 9/30/2022 9:34:00 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!