L'Empéreur s'amuse
(after Victor Hugo)
For the banished ones, of stubborn resistance,
France is far off. The tomb is near.
But don’t worry, Prince. Enjoy your existence.
In the Bois de Boulogne, chase deer,
chase women in the theatre. Rome’s burning incense
for you. The Tsar calls you “mon frère”.
Play on, sweet Prince. You have swans in Compiegne
and you have the wines of Bordeaux.
You seek novelty, amusement? Why then,
they’ll bring you fourchettes from Les Baux.
Swooning under your crown of grapes, tiens!
You’re something out of Caravaggio.
The convicts are building the lighthouse. Fine.
So ordered, by the King.
They’re casting bells on foundry lines.
In hellish heat, they’re suffering.
One day their light is going to shine.
Those bells are going to ring.
So dawdle, dally. Have your fun.
Put on your languid airs.
The thread of Fate’s already spun.
Who’s going to hear your prayers?
Who will save you? Where will you run,
when the people take what’s theirs?
Categories:
tiens, political,
Form: Rhyme
Tiens mes pensées
close let your dreams lie
impassioned albeit pensive
succumb to the sultry beats
echoing across empty hearts
and within the day breeze
tomber en moi
Faraway but close enough to see
you no longer holding me
I know
yes
I see
Categories:
tiens, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Fact from fancy,an arbitary collage
from the gallery of my mind.A
museum of miscellania seeking a
theme,without from within multiple
motifs once nameless,melt into
mataphors made manifest
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Categories:
tiens, inspiration, poetry,
Form: Prose Poetry
euphony carries verse beyond the norm
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Categories:
tiens, poetry,
Form: Monoku
three quatrains together with a couplet
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Categories:
tiens, poetry,
Form: Monoku
my love and I become one ,together
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Categories:
tiens, love, marriage,
Form: Monoku
oh to pause awhile draped in loves caress
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Categories:
tiens, lost love,
Form: Monoku
in bookshelves of yesterday's memories
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Categories:
tiens, education,
Form: Monoku
spontaneous moments alight as thoughts
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Categories:
tiens, art, inspiration, poetry,
Form: Monoku
a gymnopedie Saties interval
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Categories:
tiens, music,
Form: Monoku
Abstract poetry in a word picture
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Categories:
tiens, art, poetry,
Form: Monoku
GOLF- one swing away from a problem hiding
TIEN IS A 10 SYLLABLE MONOSTICH FORM
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Categories:
tiens, sports,
Form: Monoku
Male and female,joined,two becoming one
NOTE: TIEN is a 10 syllable verse
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Categories:
tiens, christian, marriage,
Form: Monoku
Comparable and complementary
a tien (10 syllable sentence verse) to celebrate Tim Smith' blog topic today
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Categories:
tiens, appreciation, gender,
Form: Monoku