Best Eberhart Poems
Spring comes
Quietly--
Not with the bleating of lambs or
The tweeting of birds or the
Beating of butterfly wings
Spring comes
Silently--
Celtic through the Neolithic stones,
Unheralded by peering shadow-seekers
Rummaging around on the Second of
February, and unannounced by a
Banner on the front page of the
National Enquirer…
Unpresaged by pregnant April
Showers,
Spring comes--
Alive
Nota bene: This is one of the few pieces of juvenilia I have preserved. It was written when I was at college (the University of Florida), in 1979, when I was in the English Department High Honors Seminar. We had an assignment to write a poem about Spring, but to try not to fall into the usual cliches. I thought it might be fun to mention some of those cliches ironically. We had one-on-one tutorials with a number of well-known novelists and poets; one of mine was with the poet Richard Eberhart. He told me he liked this poem and that it was a good one, so I have kept it these four decades.
Categories:
eberhart, april, mystery, nature, silence,
Form:
Free verse
FANTASY LAND
A
VIOLTTE POEM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
a land of few hippies',
where live elves' and pixies;
matriarchal fairies,
Irish drummers
where happy and laughter
and joy ever after
fun end to a chapter,
love their summers!
humans come to visit,
all so much fun isn'it
left leaving some credit
we thought runners
you people have many,
care we not of any,
our lives' so friendly,
your could, chummers
our land of plenty
where guys act so genty
adult? yes, so scenty
ladies stunners
~~~~~
Violette
By Lawrence Eberhart | April 7, 2014 | fantasy
• The Violette is a stanzaic form with a rhyme scheme similar to the Zéjel without the mundanza, introduced by Viola Gardner. Line 4 carries a linking rhyme from stanza to stanza.
The Violette is:
• stanzaic, written in any number of quatrains.
• syllabic, 6/6/6/4 syllables per line.
• rhymed, feminine rhyme used aaab cccb dddb etc b is a linking rhyme from stanza to stanza.
Pasted from http://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/violette/ via http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=1882#baccresiez
My Thanks to Judi Van Gorder via Lawrence Eberhart for the wonderful resource at PMO, what Lawrence has done at http://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/
Mick Talbot
Categories:
eberhart, fairy, fantasy,
Form:
Seriously questioning my own judgement
how could I have chosen you as my soul mate;
When look back to relation find I've ignored
some obvious signs.
Probably, I was looking through lens of my
desires, fully obsessed by own passionate
feelings; Many times as soul mate fail to ask
question, " Why so numb?"
Yes, that was my fault when immersed in great joy
of passion, failing to ask very basic
thought does he feel the same passionate way as
I feel about him.
Over period, I've observed you don't feel
the urge of meeting with me, even for days
always, give evasive replies, if I ask
about long absence.
Just don't understand, how you don't feel at all
a long gap without hearing from you creates
many unwanted negative thoughts in mind
about well being.
Don't you feel I need to see you sometime; don't
know where do I stand; do you have some feeling
for me, think what’s my expectations from you
about our future?
My questions on our relationship, you just
ignore or answer with vagueness; never know
when I'll see you again; Don't think we can build
a relationship.
~X~X~X~
(Poetic Form :: Loose Sapphic)
There are variations of the Sapphic Stanza;
the Loose Sapphic form created by Marie Marshall.
The form is composed over four lines, the first three being hendecasyllabic
(a line of verse having eleven syllables) and the fourth being pentasyllabic (Having five syllables).
The focus is on syllabic meter rather than accentual giving the poet more room to explore poetical device and grammatical schema within the verse structure.
Rhyme Pattern: Unrhymed
Using ‘X’ to represent each syllable the schema of the Loose Sapphic
form can be shown as thus:
X X X X X X X X X X X
X X X X X X X X X X X
X X X X X X X X X X X
X X X X X
Pasted from http://popularpoetryforms.blogspot.com/2013/02/loose-sapphic.html
Thanks to Mr Lawrence Eberhart for the resource at Poets COLLECTIVE Site.
Categories:
eberhart, relationship,
Form:
Sapphic stanza
Right now, are you feeling unsatisfied
with whatever you have in possessions?
Always feel stressed, some sort of depression
for not having what's desired, to be pride.
Feel of insufficiency kills inside
pushes hard jealousy, raze, obsession
makes one tired hankering for possession.
Evil thoughts initiates to misguide.
Have you noticed, what you have owned till now.
You feel upset, but others would envy.
Many can't think to acquire those somehow
in their lifetime; rein your greed -so deadly.
Don't know, what the future holds anyhow;
We've this moment, to enjoy be ready.
Love ‘now’ moment quietly ;
Never be ungrateful towards the life
appreciate each small aspect, no strife.
~X~X~X~
A caudate sonnet is an expanded version of the sonnet.
It consists of 14 lines in standard sonnet forms followed by a coda.
(Latin cauda meaning "tail", from which the name is derived).
The Caudate Sonnet, sometimes called a Tailed Sonnet, is an extended sonnet with a coda or tail added at the end.
It was first attributed to the Italian poet Francesco Berni (1497-1536).
This sonnet verse form is often used for satire.
The defining features of the Caudate Sonnet are:
- Strophic, a Petrarchan Sonnet, followed by a 1/2 line and a heroic couplet, this may also be followed by additional "tails".
The tail and couplet are akin to the Bob and Wheel.
-The poem can be from 17 to 24 lines.
- Metric, the sonnet portion is iambic pentameter.
- The tail line is iambic trimeter and the subsequent couplets are iambic pentameter.
- Rhymed, abbaabbacdcdcd dee.
Pasted from http://poetscollective.org/everysonnet/?s=Caudate+Sonnet+
Thanks to Mr Lawrence Eberhart for the resources at Poets Collective Site.
## Note::Classified as “Gadget” Sonnet, as they have refrain, or have construction or length requirements which fall outside of the “standard” sonnet area, which generally vary only in meter, line-length,
rhyme pattern or volta requirements.
Reference:: http://poetscollective.org/everysonnet/gadget-sonnets/
Categories:
eberhart, life,
Form:
Sonnet
Since morning pondering how to write a good poem for you
wrote several but what comes out is story
of my failure, a story of disappointment, feeling blue;
no that's not poem, it’s saga of worry.
Yes, reluctant to share a story that would make you gloomy;
surely desires to see you always content;
That's the heartfelt thought to write poem, to see your smile truly
to meet you in happy mood, with no dissent.
Thinking if I can't bring happiness, why share suffering, pain
as it would definitely make you unhappy;
why to pull you in my life what's in a world of inhumane
when I am convinced that won't make you happy.
Rather I should be certainly far away to make you free
from difficulties; Maybe destiny wishes it for me.
~X~X~X~
Bush Ballad Meter Sonnet ::
Creator: Lawrence Eberhart, aka on Allpoetry as Lawrencealot.
Syllabic: L1 through L2 alternate 15 and 11 syllable. Lines 13 and 14 each have 15 syllables.
Rhyme pattern: ababcdcdefefgg;
Metric: Primarily anapestic and iambic meter.
Creator feels technically all lines begin with an anapest,
the first 6 long lines then have 2 tertius paeons and 2 iambs’
the short lines have four iambs, the last two have 1 tertius paeon and 4 iambs
Pasted from http://poetscollective.org/everysonnet/bush-ballad-meter-sonnet/
Thanks to Mr Lawrence Eberhart for the resource at Poets COLLECTIVE Site.
Categories:
eberhart, love,
Form:
Sonnet
As young children, we were happy
but as adults, most of us not.
why so? Cause ideas what's thought
as right, differs -none takes gladly.
Adult unhappiness derives
from rigidity as stuck in
own ways though always wish to win
often leads to failure in lives.
While our routine ways of thinking,
acting may be useful, bringing
comfort in our lives in some ways
but prevents from growing always;
may lead to despair, beginning
of stress with negative thinking.
~X~X~X~
Sonondilla or Sardine Sonnet
Quote :: “This is a form invented by Charles L. Weatherford.
In his own word Charles explains that he developed to form to
play to his own particular strengths:
Creating the “sonondilla, I actually used two existing forms.
First was the Petrarchan sonnet; second was the redondilla,
a purely syllabic Spanish quatrain with envelope rhyme scheme (abba).
Based on this mixing, I came up with a fourteen lines form that
was syllabic, but was also tougher to rhyme than other sonnets.
So, the sonondilla’s predominant rhyme scheme is abbaabbaccddcc,
which is even more difficult than the Petrarchan sonnet."
Redondilla, a Spanish stanza form consisting of four
trochaic lines, usually of eight syllables each, with a rhyme
scheme of abba. Quatrains in this form with a rhyme scheme of
abab, sometimes also called redondillas, are more commonly
known as serventesios.
( Ref:: https://www.britannica.com/art/redondilla)
In the Sonondilla or Sardine Sonnet it should be written in octosyllabic lines.
Meter either iambic or trochaic
Rhyme scheme: Rhyme: abbacddceeffee or abbaabbaccddcc
Volta to appear at line 9.” Unquote
Pasted from http://poetscollective.org/everysonnet/sonondilla/
Thanks to Mr Lawrence Eberhart for the resource at Poets COLLECTIVE Site.
Categories:
eberhart, stress,
Form:
Sonnet
Many years before I had a girlfriend
We shared our views as done by each good friend,
Together most of the play time we spend.
For some work, once grandpa came to attend.
Introduced her to grandpa. He was bald.
Secretly we laughed; that night I appalled
In a dream that I have lost all my hair.
In morning to share dream with her, I called.
She laughed; told from mind throw the dream away
Confirmed baldness comes and hair moves away
When someone gains enough knowledge level.
Naively said, for you, there is no way,
To improve knowledge base with so much hair
That was last meeting, she left with a glare.
~x~x~
Polynesian Wave ::
This is a sonnet form invented and named
by Jose Rizal M. Reyes of the Philippines.
Meter is iambic pentameter; ten Syllables each line
Rhyme Scheme: aaxa bbxb ccxc dd
Pasted from http://poetscollective.org/everysonnet/polynesian-wave/
Thanks to Mr Lawrence Eberhart for the resources at Poets Collective Site.
Categories:
eberhart, dream,
Form:
Sonnet
Sorry, can't agree with your witless views.
To me friendship demands to say drawback.
Worry, weaknesses in thought will confuse.
Be free from sadistic thoughts just to wrack.
Tell me, If I don't tell, who else will say?
You're interfering on personal space.
Agree, your actions lost trust, don't betray;
they are dependent on your gentle grace.
Don't try to control life, HE can decide,
can fix problems in life, knows each aspect
Wise guys know well, tell only HE can guide;
Your tricks won't help, HE surely will protect.
Listen carefully HE is guiding us,
fixing each of our issues, none can cuss.
~X~X~X~
The elements of the Beymorlin Sonnet are:
-written in a quatorzain made up of 3 quatrains and a couplet.
-metered, primarily iambic pentameter.
-double rhymed, rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg with a separate
internal rhyme in the same pattern as the end rhyme.
- The internal rhyme should occur within the first two syllables of each line.
The internal rhyme is underlined to help to see the pattern: abab, cdcd, efef, gg.
-composed with the epiphany arriving slowly after the 2nd quatrain.
Pasted from http://everysonnet.blogspot.com/2012/11/beymorlin-sonnet.html
Thanks to the efforts of Mr. Lawrence Eberhart for a wonderful resource at the Poets COLLECTIVE site.
Categories:
eberhart, friendship,
Form:
Sonnet
Sonnet Doubles....
I Love Sweet Tender, Kisses That Beg More
I seek not perfection nor world's bright gold
in my waking, I beg pardon from thee
each new day, across fertile fields I strode
I drink black coffee, add honey from bees
never shall will I cry, nor stoop to beg
race I sun's shadows on my wooden legs.
I found no solace, no peace given free
life failings, have this heart torn asunder
proud the green forest, splendid its oak trees
night's dark bring on its lightning and thunder
never shall this soul, decaying flesh eat
I walk in circles on my two left feet.
I love sweet tender, kisses that beg more.
May hope's gems render, mercy shore to shore.
Robert J. Lindley, presented 7-18-2020
Sonnet,
( What Youth Found In Dawn's Waking And Night's Glow )
**************
Dawn's New Born Rays Woke Us Still In Loving Embrace
I sought sensuality of a princess fair
Night of golden moon and cool winds to make my play
One with beauty and sweetest treasures to then bare
Of spirit, romantic heat not afraid to share.
Youth gave eternal hope, life its deep mystery
Summer sent an angel, her lips soft and divine
She of magnificent grace, Spanish ancestry
Willing to meet under soft moonlight to be mine.
" That love may deepest depths so yield ".
Passion's fruits from Eden's first field.
Life gave, together we partook of its desserts
Dawn's new born rays woke us still in loving embrace
We had yet to face dark world and its many hurts
Rising to meet future, loving smile on each face!
Robert J. Lindley, presented 7-18-2020
Tory Hexatet Sonnet,
( Moonlight, Two Lovers Harvesting Sweetest Of Fruits )
Note:
Tory Hexatet Sonnet
This is a sonnet form created by Victoria Sutton aka PassionsPromise
and name by Larry Eberhart, aka Lawrencealot
Octet + couplet + quatrain
ababcdcd ee ffgg
first eight lines, 12 syllables,
couplet- eight syllables-
last four lines, 12 syllables
14 lines total, rhyme scheme and syllable count showed above.
the couplet, being the “changing point” -makes a direct statement and
could be read by itself-
ex. when the mind becomes a tight rope
heartfelt dreams fall from lack of hope.
Turning point is optional.
Categories:
eberhart, art, creation, deep, growth,
Form:
Sonnet
Warrior and Gladiator fought fiercely till the end.
A furious fight between them was brutal though both fend.
Regularly death was a fairly common occurrence.
Risk of death in their minds never created disturbance.
It didn't mean death of one fighter was inevitable.
Over fight gladiator lost; fight was memorable;
Result was unfortunate; crowd felt practice to amend.
Warrior won, crowd cheered; gladiator was his best friend.
In blood absorbing sand warrior looked for King's clearance;
No killing signal he hoped while crowds' cheer was deterrent.
Nod silently by king meant to kill inevitably;
Ignored gladiator's past wins were unforgettable.
None hoped defeated that day would be killed in stadium.
Gladiator felt winner's sword pierced in right atrium.
~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x
Amanda’s Dark Sonnet form was invented
by Amanda J Norton who writes on Allpoetry.com.
It is a sonnet consisting of two seven line stanza’s.
The first letters of each line form a two word acrostic, which must be alliterative.
The rhyme scheme is as follows: aabbcca abbccdd
Each line is 14 syllables although iambic heptameter is not required.
The author gave no indication that a volta is required.
It must be about a “dark” topic.
Thanks to Amanda J Norton for the creative work.
Pasted from http://poetscollective.org/everysonnet/amandas-dark-sonnet
Thanks to Mr Lawrence Eberhart for the resource at Poets COLLECTIVE Site.
Categories:
eberhart, cheer up,
Form:
Sonnet
Normally, we are quite happy the way
our lives move, remain busy in the rut
of routine and mundane, we stay away
from unknown, no time to pause to see what;
Do we think prior to work or just play
our roles; Current lock down forced us to shut
doors, stay home; Nature made to think the way
how we've polluted it no matter what.
It's time to reflect on life, only way
to save lives is to save nature, somewhat
let's be sure the virus won't fly away
soon, no trick, act now; you know how and what.
Amidst uncertainty must apply mind
as we wish to live, best ways we've to find.
~X~X~X~
Solihull Sonnet::
The Solihull sonnet form was invented by Barry Hopkins,
writing on Allpoetry as Black Narcissus and composed as a double sonnet.
The sonnet may be written in either iambic pentameter or tetrameter.
A volta is optional, (Which makes for a easy story telling sonnet.)
but if it occurs shall occur at line 13.
Rhyme Scheme ababababababcc.
(Differs from the Indonesian Sonnet, only by the final couplet.)
Pasted from http://poetscollective.org/everysonnet/solihull-sonnet/
Thanks to Mr Lawrence Eberhart for the resource at Poets COLLECTIVE Site.
Categories:
eberhart, pollution,
Form:
Sonnet
Dad, should we close the window before night?
Friends told, ghosts come after midnight church bell.
Though I've not seen ghosts, but friends understand
ghosts’ arrival in rooms, how they can tell?
Friends say, they hear ghosts' whisper, but no yell;
play with toys sitting on windowsill, slammed
while leaving; friends complain their muscles ache,
feel heavy, they are unable to stand.
Dad, do ghost absorbs their strength, they can't stand?
Friends hide colored pencils as ghosts do break;
they feel, ghosts misplace items those weighed light;
find room disorganized, wait for daybreak.
Birds remind my friends, it’s time to awake;
don't worry, ghosts stay away from the light.
~X~X~X~
Visayan splash
This is a sonnet form invented and named
by Jose Rizal M. Reyes of the Philippines.
It is stanzaic, consisting of three quatrains and a couplet
It is written in iambic pentameter.
The rhyme scheme is: abcb bcdc cdad da
Pasted from http://poetscollective.org/everysonnet/visayan-splash/
Thanks to Mr Lawrence Eberhart for the resource at Poets COLLECTIVE Site
Categories:
eberhart, friend,
Form:
Sonnet
Today his birthday;
expected to
be too glad, they'd say
lived tough time through.
But, why he looks sad?
What's the reason?
Ah! boys made him mad
as they're teasing?
The thought he can't act
as others do
makes him sad, it's fact;
they also knew.
He feels helplessness
needs benevolence.
~X~X~X~
Skeeter Sonnet is a Gadget Sonnet form created by
Barry Hopkins, writing on Allpoetry as Black_Narcissus,
and given the name Skeeter Sonnet by Lawrencealot.
It is a quatrazain.
It is metrical consisting two metric feet a dactyl
(a metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable
followed by two unstressed syllables or one long syllable
followed by two short syllables) and followed by a trochee
(a foot consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed
by one short or unstressed syllable)
All even lines except the last, are catalectic
[lacking one syllable in the last foot].
It is rhymed like Shakespearean Sonnet
Rhyme pattern: ababcdcdefefgg
Pasted from http://poetscollective.org/everysonnet/skeeter-sonnet/
Thanks to Mr Lawrence Eberhart for the resource at Poets COLLECTIVE Site.
Categories:
eberhart, sad,
Form:
Sonnet
Physical pains suffered by animals
yet no such disorders in animals.
This disorder due to stress related
problems which they don't suffer; But human
suffer from much stress, remain frustrated;
Lot of stress manifests physical pain
and other symptoms, also creates strain,
like, depression; because we pursue goal
by nature constantly strive, can't restrain
our desire to attain success as whole;
Animals don't have a goal, vision or
any sort of financial struggles in
life, but we do, to reach a higher score
and always stay under pressure to win.
~X~X~X~
Sonnet Reversed ::
It is named after the poem written by Rupert Brooke.
It is composed of a couplet and three quatrains
The rhyme scheme is: aa bcbddedefgfg
Pasted from http://poetscollective.org/everysonnet/sonnet-reversed
Thanks to Mr Lawrence Eberhart for the resource at Poets COLLECTIVE Site.
Categories:
eberhart, pain,
Form:
Sonnet
Two souls brought up in distinct surroundings
with many perspectives about life, decide
to come together to form outstanding
relationship for their lives with nothing to hide.
Building a relationship isn't easy
arguments and disagreements sometimes crazy;
it's told that arguing can be uneasy
but relationship never should be so heavy.
Studies say, spouses complaining to each
other most and grumble about least important
things end up having more lasting outreach
better relationships and also supporting
So arguing on simple issuess assists
to build a relationship better, work as gifts.
~x~x~
Whimsical Sonnet
This Sonnet form was introduced in a contest on Allpoetry by Numi_Earl_Grey.
Lines alternate between iambic pentameter and iambic hexameter.
So that's lines of ten and twelve syllables,
Rhyme scheme is ABAB CCCC DEDE FF' where F' is a near rhyme to F.
Pasted from http://poetscollective.org/everysonnet/whimsical-sonnet/
Thanks to the efforts of Mr. Lawrence Eberhart for a wonderful resource at Poets COLLECTIVE site.
Categories:
eberhart, love,
Form:
Sonnet