Robert Lindley Poet Free verse

The Late Night Consultation, the Compromise, the New Delusion

The Late Night Consultation, The Compromise, The New Delusion

Three nights of sadness, each a woe'some torture,
on that narrow ledge a cold raging deep within
I having lost that which I had foresworn to hold
and in that realization- saw myself as a true fool.

While wearing a smooth path on the silent floor
apathy and pain, moonlit beams beat on a crying soul
no amount of self-delusion calmed that sorrow
nor gave reprieve from guilt of a rash youthful act.

Sure there were those moments that I almost won
a compromise between aching heart and sad soul
but reality- its harsh resurrection invaded the scene
and dark despair into the room again loomed large.

Nothing to do but find a way to wake to a new dawn
get busy again with life and its many paths to take
yes, such clever deception had oft worked in the past
and does not each dawn promise a desirous new start?

Robert J. Lindley, free verse ,original Jan23rd 1977
Reworked, 6-24-2021
( In a self-discovering look back at life )

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L Milton Hankins June 24, 2021 at 8:53 PM A very thought-provoking write, Robert. I thought it was blank verse, it flowed so smoothly. Then again, I often get Free Verse and Blank Verse confused. What say you? L Milton Hankins June 25, 2021 at 7:28 PM Thanks. I really appreciated your response. Learned a lot, too. Robert Lindley June 25, 2021 at 6:18 AM I have always been a fan of originality. Thus my not conforming to the more restrictive dictates that poetry seeks to impose. I follow the concept, my life, my work, my time, my style, my ideas, my creativity- and "do it- my way"... I always have been a huge Sinatra fan my friend.. God bless.. Robert Lindley June 25, 2021 at 6:14 AM I do free verse with lineation as it is pleasing to eye. And sits well with the author- whom I have a most intimate relationship with. He puts up with me and my stubborness -in going my own way. And I put up with his waking all hours of the night to scribble verses, so as to not forget them. Robert Lindley June 25, 2021 at 6:11 AM Thank you my friend. Blank verse is metered verse... My understanding is that it is uniformed metered verse. This poem followed no such pattern. I therefore chose the form free verse as it is more in line with that poetic form. I've never written blank verse that I can recall.