Juliet Ligon Poet Rhyme

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(This time I've quoted my own poem titles. Everything in quotes is a title.)


"Dear reader," again, this monolog persists.
We're no longer "sparring" with figurative fists.

"The blood of an Englishman" is my last token,
"cursive curtsies" for "love unspoken."

"The magic of your arms" is now "unattainable,"
"man glitter"'s sloughing unexplainable.

"Footprints in time" lead to your "home garden,"
now overgrown with common weeds to pardon.

"This is the place" where "pruning" is "timeless,"
and "ballroom backgrounds" are forever rhymeless.

Briars pull me close with roaming stickers.
"The stars in the sky" "wake me" with sharp "flickers."

Doves' worn "coos" sound more like "snoring."
"The shape of water" is a tsunami pouring.

"The balcony bows" like "uncommon courtesy,"
"bolstered" hardwood buckling to be free.

"A safe place to hide" is looking vastly glum.
I cling to the shadows like "coffee table gum."

"Winter contemplations" are an everyday thing,
like "blackout poetry---detached," a missing ring.

"Forsaken" "spiderwebs" hold your "signature scent,"
though they are as broken as bent.

"Winter twigs wither" like a limp "paper boat"
immersed in a "defenseless," old moat.

"All that remains" "for the headstrong and wrong"
is a broken cassette withholding our song.

"I will care for you" like a "scarecrow in still life."
"The widow's pew" has gained a haggard wife.

"Birds through obscurity" perceptively lag.
"Goodbye, love..." I impart to you "freedom's flag."

Don't "call back the curtain" to yesterday.
"Installments of lost time" are impossible to pay.

I'll be as strong and "brave" as the mighty ant.
Then came the "thought thief..." "Will I if I can't?"

"No proper goodbye" would satisfy my "appetite."
A morsel on the path to "winter's endless night."

"Maybe" the "earth meets firmament" on the brink.
A "snow globe refreshment" will be my last drink.

The "typewriter" points "westward," and there it shines,
"clinging to (these last) undulating lines."

9-25-2023

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Richard Lamoureux October 10, 2023 at 7:06 AM I called this style “Title Wave” ;0) Juliet Ligon October 11, 2023 at 8:57 PM That's right. Creative idea. I wonder if there's a way for you to add this to the new forms.

Richard Lamoureux October 9, 2023 at 5:34 PM It takes a lot of skill to keep the piece coherent. You are a maestro. Juliet Ligon October 9, 2023 at 6:09 PM Thanks. Actually you're the one I was thinking of who came up with this style. I remember you did one with my poem titles a long time ago, along with others'. Thank you for that. I love the cut-and-paste style when I don't know what to write about.

Sandra Adams October 5, 2023 at 6:00 PM had you have not told me it was all titles i would have never guessed, it fits together rather well as if it was thoughts, very creative write...i think years ago someone had a contest along these lines, it's not an easy task but you rocked it! Juliet Ligon October 9, 2023 at 6:09 PM Thank you, friend.

Sam Kauffman October 3, 2023 at 10:09 AM So creative, Juliet! Your titles have made a lovely poem! Enjoyed your creativity especially "thought thief" and "installments of lost time!" Such fun to read! Blessings! Juliet Ligon October 9, 2023 at 6:10 PM I appreciate your kind comments, Sam. Blessings!

Ink Empress September 26, 2023 at 8:28 AM Brilliant! What a creative write this is, using your own titles here so beautifully making them all go so well together . I love this idea and you’ve done it so well. I especially loved the lines “ all that remains for the headstrong and wrong” “ broken cassette ..” so good! Loving your rhymes too! Very well delivered Juliet Ligon September 27, 2023 at 6:58 PM Thank you for your kind comments. I actually have to give credit to Richard Lamoureux, as he surprisingly did one on my poem titles a long time ago and hosted a contest for others to do the same with another poet's titles.