Inside the chaos breached the no-stress Carefully planned now messed up out of sight The king is coming and nothing is right
Tag: Octaves
Experimental Artist
Inspired by and written for What Do You See – thank you, Sadje Experimental ArtistForm: Octave Inherent beauty out of paperYet still the artist has paintSo she tested a different caperIn true artistic fashion so quaintIn splotches of brushwork’s taperA rainbow of colour acquaintAs stylized as any haute couture draperUntil mama saw her little saint … Continue reading Experimental Artist
Italian Octave Notes
The Italian Octave is not as popular but has similar origins to the Haiku, in that originally they were both openings to longer pieces of poetry, The Italian Octave originated as the opening of the 14-line Petrarchan Sonnet and was followed by a 6-line sestet. Each stanza consists of 8 pentameter or decasyllabic lines with … Continue reading Italian Octave Notes
Destiny’s Demons
The old demons descended like a black cloud Surrounding my heart deep inside their darkest shroud...
Stalling Heart
Recall the melody they played on strings those sultry strings that echo tangos fall...
Shadows of Percy Bysshe
Sadness explodes with my breathing and the tears flow with lonely words. The images of love are leaving like the flight of the birds. Is anything in life so naive as this life lost in lover’s lore? The heart broken with no reprieve, yet still I love you more...
Boaters and School Ties
I meet the youth of old school ways and weep an aging tear. The city lights and rushing days in white and amber gear, The whitewash walls meet Itchen shore as cargo waits its ship, in dreams of teens for love and more my journal's ink lets slip....
Octave Notes
An Octave is any eight-line poetry form of which there are a wide variety. Most of these forms are discussed in various poetic form notes but octaves with couplets, blank verse, free verse, and the more unusual rhyming patterns such as interior rhyme, beginning of line rhyme are largely ignored. So this is for those … Continue reading Octave Notes
Canzonetta Notes
Meter: Meter of first line sets the tempoStructure: Minimum two octavesRhyme Scheme: ababcdcdD or abababaB The canzonetta is a variation of the canzone. It consists of at least two octaves, each using a series of alternating couplets. The last line or phrase is repeated in each subsequent stanza. Example: Hot Summer Nights by Terry Clitheroe … Continue reading Canzonetta Notes
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