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Through the eyes of grief, Anacreontic couplets

... "There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of......Read the rest...

Categories: washington irving, bereavement, death, grief,
Form: Couplet

Look Out Below

...The sign he reads out loud, “There’s holes ahead.” The Rip Van Winkle Bridge quite disturbs me. A story book that’s come to life — with head To lose. My dad inches along bravely. The c......Read the rest...

Categories: washington irving, angst, memory, metaphor, water,
Form: Sonnet

Rip-Nodding Til Two

...RIP-NODDING TIL TWO At dawn’s early light, i’m up and at it. Mid-morning eyes close in lair, where I sit. Not merely a wink. A twenty year blink. Wake up with cobwebs - Van Winkle’d a bit. ......Read the rest...

Categories: washington irving, sleep,
Form: Limerick

Deep Sleep of Foreigner's Flagon

...For twenty years, Tears in-between, Rain and rust And gray-beard dust. A flooded flagon, Empty-dry. Laid aside. A spook to his wolf, savior to the squirrels. A languid man snores While r......Read the rest...

Categories: washington irving, sleep,
Form: Free verse

Visiting Sunnyside

...Ichabod Crane sprang from the brain Of someone most deserving Of Sunnyside, his proud domain. His name? Washington Irving. He also wrote a tale of note About one Rip Van Winkle Who found a sl......Read the rest...

Categories: washington irving, history, writing,
Form: Rhyme

The Hollow

...The October night was dark and cold, As the autumn sun was going down, When I recalled the legends I had been told, About this sleepy, little town. There were tales about the haunted woods, Th......Read the rest...

Categories: washington irving, halloween, horror, tribute, perspective,
Form: Quatrain

Sacred Tears

...“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief...and uns......Read the rest...

Categories: washington irving, dedication, loss, sympathy,
Form: Free verse