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What Fallen Apple Dare One Take Sweet Bite

What Fallen Apple Dare One Take Sweet Bite What value an oracle that denies Time and Fate both join to join, to create rich dessert with man's miserable lies and dish it all up on a dirty plate. What steady course to set sail on if known one that in the calm harbor remains safe Or through stormy skies, there gaily blown like upward drawn dregs of useless wheat chaff. What fallen apple dare one take sweet bite as if sweet happiness would thus be found for nowhere in mankind's long, futile flight is paradise sold by penny or pound. What hope rewards seekers that blessed key What Light shines, for any and all to see Robert J. Lindley, 10-18-2016 Poem Syllable Counter Results Syllables Per Line: 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 Total # Syllables: 140 Total # Lines: 17 (Including empty lines) Words with (syllables) counted programmatically: N/A Total # Words: 108 NOTE or·a·cle 'ôr?k(?)l/ noun noun: oracle; plural noun: oracles 1. a priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity. a place at which divine advice or prophecy was sought. synonyms: prophet, prophetess, sibyl, seer, augur, prognosticator, diviner, soothsayer, fortune teller, sage "the oracle of Apollo" a person or thing regarded as an infallible authority or guide on something. "casting the attorney general as the oracle for and guardian of the public interest is simply impossible" synonyms: authority, expert, specialist, pundit, mentor, adviser, guru "our oracle on Africa" 2. a response or message given by an oracle, typically one that is ambiguous or obscure.

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Date: 10/18/2016 8:57:00 PM
I am a big fan of sonnets, but would not attempt the traditional form as you have done, (too hard) such lovely work Robert. You amaze me. /|\
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Date: 10/18/2016 3:16:00 PM
Yes, that last note you made on number 2, about an ambiguous or obscure response. I really feel that here. This has a very classic feeling to it for that reason. It just reads like a sonnet from another era! You put a lot of work into your sonnets, Robert. Kudos to you. Keep up the good work.
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Robert Lindley
Date: 10/18/2016 4:49:00 PM
But ahh, my friend--such is regarded today as not making the grade.. Maybe its just that sonnets are no longer appreciated for their meaningful souls and form being deeper and therefore much harder to write in. I lost hundreds of poems written, decades ago-during a very creative period in my life. These few oldies I post here do not measure up to those that were burned long ago. Life giveth and taketh away.

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