Pitch and Intonation:
Vowel length
Consonant Length
Speech Cadence
Agogic Accent
Dynamic Accent
Tonic Accent
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I have no idea of the things you say
what are you talking about
ah come on
what's you saying man?
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dry twig snaps beneath my feet~
solemn punctuation
in this vaulted nave of oak and cedars.
the canopy exhales:
My hollowed trunk shelters nesting wrens,
my frost-etched rings remember drought,
my roots taste the buried stream's cool pulse.
I tilt my head—a supplicant—
as bark breathes against my palm.
the oldest oak leans close whispering:
Child, stillness is the first consonant.
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dry twig snaps beneath my boot~
solemn punctuation
in this vaulted nave of oak and cedars.
the canopy exhales:
My hollowed trunk shelters nesting wrens;
my frost-etched rings remember drought;
my roots taste the buried stream's cool pulse.
I tilt my head—a supplicant~
as bark breathes against my palm.
the oldest oak leans close:
Child, stillness is the first consonant.
People
surround
but I’m always
alone
In naked
seclusion
fleeing
the throne
Caught in
the snarl
of their
consonant rhyme
Shunning
all
overtures
— fields still unlined
(Gardiner Montana: August, 2025)
Rising
by sin
falling
by virtue
Caught in the
blind spot
of destiny’s
rhyme
Words
overweight
in consonant
sorrow
Vowels
deftly stolen
inverting
— the time
(Cooke City Montana: August, 2025)
The Italian language
I would like to immigrate from Portugal to Italy
After ten o'clock at night, I switch on the TV
and watch an Italian soap opera
I don't understand a word of what the actors
say, but it is the way they say it, no hard
Consonant, no one is asked to stand to attention
For a comma, a full stop is a mere bagatelle
Not understanding what actors say is not
important, it is about facial expression and screams
So many pleasant surprises, last night's program
about a man who looked scruffy, he looked like
an evil character, but as it turned out, he is a police
inspector and arrested the man who looked like
matinee idol for the murder of the girl
All this happened in a modulated language where
crass consonants, dare not enter
A bouquet of fresh air never fades.
In an intimate setting,
The ocean is veiled in secrecy,
Murmuration's breathtaking patterns.
Starlings moving as one entity.
The ego is a third party,
Your secret admirer.
Harmony without effort in nature,
Dreaming up a vast green pasture,
This is no ordinary slumber.
Sweet, rose-colored winds of change,
The ocean is an incompatible weather vane.
Dread and dream are but a consonant apart.
Into a hush-hush mise en scène,
A doe runs from perceived fears
But makes a choice to stay.
Fantasy is freed into reality.
A lighthouse does not chase ships.
The ocean is deep, not shallow.
It is the birthplace of time in Heaven.
.
but it weren't
'twere thuh white chick
palatal click'n to mine
tramp
or to brad pitt's
he wuz like
10feet
behind me
*A palatal click is a type of click consonant
where the sound is produced by the middle
or back part of the tongue being raised to the
hard palate. It's a sound primarily found in the
languages of southern Africa
Your answer is as helpful as the ‘ay’ in Okay , when i asked you who she was.
Nothing about your non-existent reassurance and understanding is OK
Having to fundamentally teach a grown man what it means to communicate.
At first thought, their same initials I sought humorous.
Now my only response upon meeting an 11th alphabetical consonant is a disappointed vowel.
‘O’
Fool me once, fool me twice, fool me a third time. But I will not let myself be fooled a fourth, Especially by a name which starts with the letter
‘K’
harmonious sound
resonates
in
consistent
cadence
consonant
repetition
connects
mind
to ear
words dance
across
te page–
embrace
stress
again
&again
Musicality
occurs
& engages
patterns
in
syllablic
similarity
rhythm rises
regularly
&
flows serenely
heightens
expectations
&
captivates
enriching
the
sense
of emotion
captures
&
connects
aesthetic
in
mutual
sensory effect
I’m the most convenient of the lots you know
Willingly obedient, I suppose to show
Quick engagement into plots, that world has to offer
Trying not to disappoint, when its getting tougher
If you put me on the distance, I’m there to stay
If you want me to resist, needed words I say
If you want me to come down, here I’m for your pleasure
If you leave me on background, this is what I treasure
I’m the one you want me to, it feels great to be
Consonant with every truth, that you have for me.
The way they come to me
the way that they’re heard
And written in haste
whether rich or absurd
Each vowel from the anthem
of consonant rhymes
Pronouncing arrhythmic
with hopes to define
Religiously deigning
the blood from my pen
New veins on the parchment
—alive from within
(Dreamsleep: August, 2023)
Some words depart unintended,
I'm left to figure out, understand, explain,
And you watch as my face twists to find the right way to say but I can't speak. I'm silenced by the thoughts, telling, pleading begging to stay quiet; I fight it.
Sentences are jumbled with missing letters perhaps taking another path, yet I'm the one mislead,
And you repeat back to me what I said,
as if I speak that language. I try to translate but I hate the fact that I can't, and you can't figure it out either,
So i finish before I can start.
I learn to plan each vowel and consonant in the correct places,
But that just leaves more mess,
So I begin to suppress every mistake and ignore the thoughts that make fun of me,
Silence is tranquility.
When I was He was not,
With He there I am not,
Narrow goes the love street,
For two space there is not.
O keep light loads on I —
Loads scarce can ye carry,
Lighten thy ego’s load —
And lighter shall ye fly.
Knock, knock, who’s at the door?
Me, it’s me, came the lore,
You, me, where’s space for two?
And knocks came nary more,
Returning long later,
It’s you, called the caller,
Prompt was he welcomed in
As one — the scene and seer!
Good if tomorrows teach,
But for today ye reach,
Now’s the time to live in,
Good if goes every itch.
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Musings | 06.02.2023 | ego, love,
Poet’s note: The first of five quatrains in the form of epigram is due to Kabeer, Prem galee ati sankaree. As to the second: the first-person singular pronoun huñ in Gujarati meaning I comes with a dot on the consonant. A heavy or big dot is deemed as undue load, luggage of ego. In love, till me and mine, you and me remain, the two in love remain apart, oneness never happens. The remaining three also talk on the same theme.
Tuning letters like strings
the words are reformed
The rhyme and the meter
the rhythm reborn
Each vowel and each consonant
together in line
No commas or periods
to block or confine
The meaning inherent
and left unexplained
restated once over
a blinding refrain
To put in the file
the future in bold
the verses in couplets
—the reading on hold
(Dreamsleep: May, 2022)
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