Wife
WIFE
Ask a desert thirst about water, 1
Ask a prisoner about freedom, 2
Ask me why I love 3
Her : she’ ll direct soul from wild wind, ‘ll repair all: 4
The ragged sleeve of my spirit knitted up tight. 5
Her shield : erect, sole, firm, while dwindle our perils : 6
The rugged edge I leave and step out of the night. 7
So many bare, ring-hollow spaces sent chill feels; 8
These gaping holes in fabric torn are sewn new, sealed. 9
Some, any, bearing hollows, pace essential fields: 10
This dusty desert cold is sown now and will yield. 11
Knowing nothing so long, 12
Her fertile smile, her redressing stitch, 13
Saves my everything in time. 14
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by Sydney Peck
For contest of "Constance - A rambling poet"
Contest title "Create your own form - maybe? "
Notes: this is a new form which I have created, which is called "double sound"
If you read aloud lines 4 and 6, you will hear identical sounds, yet the words in the lines are completely different. At the same time, the lines are closely linked in meaning.
If you read aloud lines 8 and 10, you will find the same phenomenon.
I believe this is an entirely new technique in poetry
Copyright © Sidney Beck | Year Posted 2010
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