Unique time piece created by master clockmaker
Lying around on a desert isle, ready for a pirate taker
Not easy to move, won’t even budge the buccaneers said.
Wondering if inside it might be a ship full of the dead.
Categories:
clockmaker, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
gold leaf Renaissance clock
a rare but unique landmark beauty,
giving us the time in Roman numerals
who can read such a clock?
such intricate details
her clockmaker was brilliant
Categories:
clockmaker, light,
Form: Free verse
Each notch in my gear feels your verge moving
Swinging my pendulum slowly back and forth
Moving my weights downward pulling on my chain
Each tick becomes a tock then striking my chimes
Creating this melody in time my second hand moves slowly
Down to your six while my other is on your twelve
Both moving slowly waiting to strike twelve at the same time
Your dial filled with a smile showing all your numbers
Each one creating this moment in time
One for unity, Two for us and three for birth
Four is the hour we met and five is this time for us
Six my secondhand and seven is our love
Eight times nine are the seconds I wait for ten to ring my chime
Eleven is the hour before we both strike at the same time
We will always be in time together with my gear
Moving your Verge giving us both the correct time
(I am a clockmaker what can I say, lol)
Categories:
clockmaker, love, magic,
Form: Free verse
The Clockmaker
The old clockmaker sat at his bench
In the shop where he'd lived all his years
With a monocle lens on his eye
And his desk filled with sprockets and gears.
Everything had its place in a drawer.
Every drawer labeled proper and neat.
Only sound to be heard was the clocks
As they ticked out a monotone beat.
Of the hundreds of clocks there for sale
Each with spaces on walls or on shelves
Not a one of them told the wrong time
And they all said one minute till twelve
The dark moment he'd feared had arrived
And the clockmaker's face gave a wince
As each clock confirmed midnight had come
And that now Daylight Savings begins
8.17.18
Contest: A Rattling Rhyme
Categories:
clockmaker, humorous, time,
Form: Rhyme
Acrostic: What is P O E T R Y?
P=Pro-People. Poetry begins with ‘p’ & ends in ‘why.’ My dark poems always seem to have a ‘P’OSITVE end, or hope. Do U see?
O=Overcome! Overcome opposition & “others” with Optimism. Use “other” words for the “Other” (see Respect)
E=Empathy. Extend Empathy, whatever your own Experiences. Emotion is not poetry, but with Empathy, yes!
T=Truth. A timeless element. Is there something more than yourself in the writing? While we differ about 'truth', a Cosmic Clockmaker is behind Timeless Poetry
R=Respect. We have sung songs about RESPECT. Respect all in your writing; if necessary disagree 'R'espectfully. This is the big challenge in poetry
Y=Yield. Yield to Y. Yield to questions. Could you yield to "others"? We discover uses & abuses of poetry every day, but good poetry is pro-people.
Finally, an Acrostic for POETRY also says: People Overcoming and Empathizing (with the “other”) & with Truth & Respect, thus YIELDING to more poetry & people (“other” poems & people). POETRY can bring us closer as One species.
Categories:
clockmaker, discrimination, inspirational, poetry, writing,
Form: Acrostic