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The Barghest's Monody
Therewithal, profluent life ettles it's while.
Thitherward, from Death's bleak campanile
Grim antiphonals serenade.

A capriccio, the slashing swipe of the reaper's scythe
 will serenade.
Stringent Death forthwith anoints the mithridate to
Life's cantankerous and rankling ado

Hither now come, anon recondite Azrael, neither protend
 nor annex this throttled contretemps.

The antiphonal...

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Categories: monody, death, life,
Form: Ballad
Monody
I subside but not the rain
I revel in the falling pain
All my words come out inane
All my thoughts scream insane

I know that this should not be real
But that can’t stop the way I feel
I  am unable to reseal
The wound that Time will never heal

The...

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Categories: monody, death,
Form: Free verse
Lord, Why Did You Take Him? (Monody)
He always praised and loved the mountain folklore, 
Sang songs in sparkling summer or in cold winter. 
Ahh, but now the legend shall sing songs no more, 
Nor will this li’l warbler listen to his banter.

I have known him so well, too sweet for my...

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Categories: monody, death, father, loss, lost
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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry




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