Form: Haiku
empty road ahead
release the throttle and go
the future awaits
©JGFarmer2022
Haiku
Day: March 16, 2022
Looking for Lost
Looking for Lost
Form: Free Verse
Theme: Lost
Subject: Closed Door
It’s where you left it
a clue to something
lost to the eye
like words lost on the tip of the tongue
nagging
echoes in vague memories of
what does it look like
and it will turn up when you least expect it
I close my eyes to
the acid tone of her voice
leaving me as dust
well, I won’t find it here
as I close the door
©JGFarmer2022
Canto Della Terra by Andrea Bocelli
Canto Della Terra
1999
Classical
Andrea Bocelli
Opera
Born: 22 September 1958, Lajatico, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Bocelli is an operatic tenor and multi-instrumentalist. Diagnosed with congenital glaucoma at 5 months old he became blind at 12 years old after a soccer accident. Bocelli rose to fame in 1994 winning the preliminary round of the 44th Sanremo Music festival with the highest marks recorded in the newcomers’ section
Ballade Royale Notes
A variant of the Ballade, the Ballade Royal uses rhyme royal stanzas with four full stanzas rather than a half-stanza envoi. It is usually written in seven-line stanzas of iambic pentameter or decasyllabic lines with the final line of the first stanza forming the refrain line.
Rhyme scheme: ababbcC ababbcC ababbcC ababbcC
Example
I am Freedom by Jez Farmer
I am who I am, but I don’t know why
Rider on the path of life as it goes
A watcher of stars observing the sky
The day-dreamer taking another doze
A dying breath held in a silent sigh
Felt by so many yet nobody knows
Unconditional, unrequited; I am love
The flame beckoning romance to come by
To dance in the flames while burning the toes
For now or forever let time simply fly
For the time is mine as it comes and goes
The briefest glance held in forever’s cry
Where I will end, well, that nobody knows
Momentary, forever; I am love
I am that something money cannot buy
The sweet fragrance that lingers on the nose
Recalling the memory sent awry
As tears fall heavy amid the musk rose
I am eternal and always close by
The enlightenment found where darkness glows
Never-ending, infinite; I am love
I am the power that says you must fly
Be yourself, live your life, go where it goes
I have no limits which can so deny
I am freedom that runs in wild meadows
I am the confidence that dares to try
The dying ashes from which you arose
Identity, self-esteem; I am love
Queen’s English
Queen’s English
Form: Free Verse
I shall try to explain so you will understand
the usage of shall or will in English Grammar.
Both shall and will are auxiliary verbs
predominantly relating to the future.
Shall is used with the preceding nouns I or we;
I shall write a free verse poem and we shall read it;
as the case in point is apt, so to speak.
Now will relates to the nouns you, it, he, she and they;
it will rain tomorrow and he will walk her home;
she will kiss him goodnight and they will live happily ever after.
You will use grammar correctly, if you don't mind.
This is all very well unless one is from the US of A
where all nouns relate to will and shall hardly ever happens,
but as far as correct English as spoken by our Queen
I shall use both as correct in English Grammar.
I conclude with this thought
Shall I submit for your contest or shall I not?
If I do may I suggest a follow up
of how to use would, could and should
©JGFarmer2009
special color iris
A very unusual coloured iris, and absolutely beautiful
Cosmic Eyes Are Watching
I share my cup of Assam tea with Ivor today, well worthy of a second cup I think
Look above the ugly pylons
Away from that slimy Russian python
Beyond those strangling power lines
There is a luminous cosmic sign
Piercing our dark thunderous skies
Wearing an ancient peacetime disguise
In a temple full of untainted eyes
Anticipating the worlds next golden sunrise
Ivor Steven (c) March 2022
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Papayas
Bananas
Mangoes
Oranges
Lemons
Limes
No one is keeping time.
I’m resting in hammock and writing poems that rhyme.
Birds, Iguanas, and squirrels having fun in the garden.
Butterflies and bees visit often.
Angel trumpets
Bromeliads
Heliconias
Vines that climb up the coconut palm canopy.
Buddha Statues
Tranquility
Everyone
Happy
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