ALL FOR NOUGHT
Possessions
I have not beauty of stars,
Nor rhythm of oceans deep;
I lack the nectar of a dewy dawn,
No whistles to throttle a chime;
No salt to shed a sorrow borne,
I'm void of sunny winds,
Without a halo and absent of colour;
What jewel dazzles a rainy day?
No muse to reply in rainbows
II
Nadir
A dragon grins in skins of
Fiery wealth, stolen from souls,
Of blind sight, where opened stones,
Wide in galactic expanses, shatter
The magnitude of eons,
Waiting forever, in blank canvases,
From whose words doth jingle warbles,
To strand hairs of maidens gold,
In towers atop metrical, molds of clay
III
Bird song
Shape thee message of morning,
Holding by your quill a word,
Small and round,
Where completion folds away,
The carpet if night existed;
Fly by magicians!
They have missed the moon,
Targeted in love tantrums;
Too many robes drape them.
ALL FOR NOUGHT © gillena cox 2017
Process Note: ALL FOR NOUGHT, i finished today, a poem i have been working on for a while, After reading the bards That Sanaa have listed for us today, i think it come closest to William Wordsworth - The Table Turned So i'm launching into battle! with the bard, William Wordsworth.
Prompt Nights
Writing is both mask and unveiling. (Battle of the Bards) – [40]
song lyrics in English HERE
Whistles!!❤️💜This is absolutely gorgeously penned Gillena😘 it feels like a delicious tete a tete with Wordsworth's poem! Sigh.. especially love; "Shape the message of morning, holding by your quill a word, small and round, where completion folds away, the carpet if night existed; fly by magicians!" Thank you so much for participating at Prompt Nights and for your constant love and support❤️💜
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Sanaa
Thanks for dropping by to read mine, thanks for your appreciation Sanaa
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Bird song
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Holding by your quill a word,
Small and round,"I, too, enjoyed these lines, and the entire poem. Wordsworth is a favorite and you have written well in his style.
Thanks for your appreciation Linda
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Well written Gillena. 'Possessions' is probably my favorite as some of the lines I feel like stealing for my own use!
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The magnitude of eons"
So many images... such vastness... It's as if the universe is opening in front o one's eye and it continues growing and growing and growing... overtaking the senses.
Thank you for your appreciation Magaly
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What jewel dazzles a rainy day?
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One may lack possessions but certainly is not lack of talents which is shown in your writings Gillena!
Hank
Thanks for your appreciation Hank
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Every image engaged me in celebration of the possible. To navigate Possessions and Dragons and never lose Bird Song! WOW.
ReplyDelete"Where completion folds away,
The carpet if night existed;
Fly by magicians!"
Thank you for your appreciation Susan
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"Possessions" is full of beautiful lines and images. Glad you got this finished.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Debi
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Glad to see Wordsworth get some love!
ReplyDeleteHappy you dropped in Rommy
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