Kurt Ravidas Poet Rhyme

Vowels

Wow, vowels, vowels! 
                                God spells vowels out
and they turn into verses, tales and novels
about the fall, the banishment, about
the last goodbuys to innocence. The vowels
of interjections that you spell before
you overflow over the edge, my goddess,
turn into a new heaven. Two, three, four,
not, five spikes of the pleasure! A black bodice
is on the floor. The big-eyed mirror spies
on the immodest shadows. The avowals
of love and a discreet, a clockwise rise
of the new passion. 
                             Vowels, vowels, vowels!

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Andrea Dietrich October 10, 2019 at 7:27 PM btw, thanks for commenting on my first sonnet posted here. I had written many sonnets before coming here and many more since. That just happened to be my first sonnet I decided to post. Though sonnet writing is easy to me now, I almost feel like I am going backward, writing more common ones and not ones as elegant as that one of mine you commented on!

Andrea Dietrich October 10, 2019 at 7:26 PM this was a fun read, Kurt. As an ESL teacher, I love teaching about them. Did you know that we have more than twice the vowel SOUNDS of Spanish speakers? That is why they have such a hard time with our vowels starting out! BRits have 14 vowel sounds and Americans only 13! I liked the way you got avowals in there too! Kurt Ravidas November 10, 2019 at 8:00 AM How could I miss so interesting comment?! Russian has 10 vowels only! I don't understand how do we get around that)

Gershon Wolf October 10, 2019 at 4:41 PM My question: What good is a vowel without a towel? // Said the owl: What a howl! // Then ate beans and moved his bowels. ~ A little bathroom humor starring 'Vowels, vowels, vowels!' by Having-a-good-time-vishing-you-were-here! :) gw Kurt Ravidas October 10, 2019 at 5:20 PM You forgot about Colin Powell, bro)

Kurt Ravidas October 10, 2019 at 2:31 AM Rewritten and edited