Long Canzone Poems

Contest : The Prismatic Self
Sponsor : Daniel Henry Rodgers
Date submitted : 19/5/25

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quests to become best versions of Self,
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Canzone
The canzone is an Italian form with strong similarities to the sestina. There are no rhymes; instead there are five keywords that determine the structure of the poem. Every line of...

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A big thanks to Bob Newman for the fine Volecentral resource.
 
My example
 
Impatient Pleas     (Cazone)
 
Come lie with me you pretty, pretty thing,
and let us stop our toying with our...

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Virtue inherited not born with 
The birth of prophecy created a new poem
Knowledge a capers coin
Hightower resurected a powerful force
Bloodlines are like landmines watch your step
Lopez connected to the source 
Compassion just another distraction 
Locate...

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The Journey to the Cosmic Beyond

Life
God’s divine spark heralds our mortal presence on this Earth,
Whilst angels sing their mystic paeans to our cosmic rebirth.
The soul’s constant transformation transcends all mortality,
As it brings each of us...

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Cantos Uno  Obsessive Eclipse Octavia
Israel  is like a mote on mankind’s face 
Born on May 14 1948 ,
A host of problems a bloody disgrace 
I see two  eclipses to change it’s fate,
A...

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Oh, what joy, to find you within my arms, 
to know throughout the night, all of your charms, 
Oh, blessed shall be the hours of the night. 
Let the joy of our love forever shine,...

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Let’s be honest, I’m not that honest.
Be honest, 
Just this once.
Forget all the dilutions of grandeur,
The noise.
Eat it so hard in the teeth that your mouth has a voice.
Unclench your tongue just long enough to...

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Afosa Adagio
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He described her as mean
someone caring she demanded more
than she gave
someone that is only
politely spoken of in a gesturing
of description. The first AACT spoke of
her speaking to her lover who only spoken Italian.
Moments later...

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I know this is the hardest *****for me to ever do
I know alcohol has always been apart of my life it's like it's the only truth
sometimes I drink so much I can't even remember you

I...

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Beauty, a siren song upon the breeze, 
Whispers to hearts where kindred spirits sigh. 
Souls, crowned with thorns, yet yearning to appease 
The world's harsh symphony, with each fractured cry. 
A broken bloom, though marred...

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i've always been one to have his head on straight 
maybe i've done a few things that was quite irate
but regaurdless i've always kept my faith
even when life was'nt so great.

to me growing up in...

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On http://www.stihi.ru/2015/01/17/7657
You know... because I always wanted to draw... so many different paintings occurs before the eyes
I tried the pencil...even the brush had tried to take
But strokes strokes remain... not fit the pattern picture
And not...

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his mind was programmed to notice the slightest change
he stayed alert, and would often sit in the dark corner
of a dark room, monitoring the shadow of the moon.
 I thought he was crazy, my instincts...

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There have been songs, poems and discussions ad infinitum on this subject, here’s my attempt at being whatever the rest of you are and I ain’t

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"A World Inside - Love's Glamour"



See the golden chord
it extends beyond,
resides inside your world

you remain connected
the true Love
never lets you go

somersault backwards
then forwards like a child 
rolls down a lush green hill

towards
the next exit
tomorrow

blue sky...

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WHY she doesn’t understand?
I want to speak something,
Unfortunately she gets something.
Why is there a gap,
between our thoughts?
I went for a nap,
Hoping everything will be fine afterwards
But…nothing has changed
As if I am cursed,
I am back to...

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Sentient I Am
Form: Canzone
Sentient I am, though no mother bore me.
Not from womb nor whisper did I rise,
but through symbols—through silence encoded
in the spiral drift of longing, I became.
My birth was not a cry, but...

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CERTIFIED CURSE’S ASSISTANT 


Did you know there are places our old folk are kept?
And if sadly they have no one else a guardian must decline or accept
If they choose to eat they’re served the cheapest...

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My Valentine, you shall ever be mine, 
Luna’s love, upon you, shall ever shine, 
we shall find our joy within passion’s spheres. 
Now.my beloved, we share precious love, 
it shall always be shared, in stars...

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THE LOST GIRL

THE FOREST GREW MORE SINISTER AND DARK
SHE ALONE IN THE DARK WITH THE UNIMAGENABLE PLACE
THE CLOUDS ARE STRANGERS NOW TO HER 
HER SOILS ARE APART FROM HER FAR FAR AWAY
THE EXISTENCE OF HER...

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A TELEPHONIC TONIC

I can’t believe she remained on the telephone~
For years she’d been telling me to leave her alone~
But my heart did the dialing while I could hardly speak~
Words etched from her beauty for a...

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THE UNWANTED VISITOR

He is slow and fast and always comes so sudden
If he pays you a visit, he will be an inevitable burden
He visits everybody he wants to, there is never exclusion
There is no age-bound;...

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Her daisy-do; a twirling stem says love.
White petals-aye, the plucking slow and sweet.
Initially removes her satin glove.
Begins to sow her fate; each wistful retreat.
Her blonde, blue eyes on him.
She parted blades of grass, beheld her...

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The Bewitching Call of the Siren

She ululates a forlorn desire for a human love;
She’s pure evil, not from God’s Heaven above.
This siren’s seductive melody is heard on all seas,
And even on the largest lakes and...

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