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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

Date: 6/24/2021 8:53:00 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
Date: 6/25/2021 7:28:00 PM

Thanks. I really appreciated your response. Learned a lot, too.

Robert Lindley
Date: 6/25/2021 6:18:00 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
Date: 6/25/2021 6:14:00 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
Date: 6/25/2021 6:11:00 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.