Thursday, October 20, 2022

978

[The Birth if A Poem by Sehiry Reznichenko source google.com]

ON WRITING

Is then any tree a book?

Page after page,

Leaf after leaf of

Divine hieroglyphs thereof

Page after page.


Is then any ocean a magazine?

Wave after wave

Ripple after ripple of

Uncensored chirography hereof

Wave after wave.


Is then any Christmas a salvation?

Stable after stable

Of magi and of baby boy

 Message of redemption ploy?

Stable after stable.


Is then any pen a poet's arm?

Scribble after scribble 

Of  syllables utterable

A serving of words adorable

Scribble after scribble .

ON WRITING © gillena cox 2022



BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH
MTB: In a Roundabout Way 
challenged to write a roundaboutHere are the rules and structure:Four quintains (five-line stanzas) for a total of twenty linesIambic meter throughoutLines have 4;3;2;2;3 feet respectivelyLine 5 repeats line 2Rhyme scheme is aBccB bCddC cDaaD dAbbA[don't think i got the meter right though, so mine is an attempt at roundabout.Still hope you enjoy reading my poem 'On Writing']

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16 comments:

  1. Laura BloomsburyOctober 20, 2022 at 4:23 PM

    - as you say not a Roundabout but you got some lovely rhymes though Gillena

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  2. Gillena CoxOctober 20, 2022 at 4:44 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Laura.

    Much❤love

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  3. ms_liliOctober 20, 2022 at 5:12 PM

    Gillena, you went from micro to macro through each stanza and pulled it together beautifully at the end. I really like the image you chose to accompany as well.

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  4. David BogomolnyOctober 20, 2022 at 5:19 PM

    This is a fun one, Gillena!

    ~David

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  5. DoraOctober 20, 2022 at 6:19 PM

    Loved this, Gillena. It made me smile!

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  6. Gillena CoxOctober 20, 2022 at 8:04 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Dora.

    Much❤love

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  7. Lona GyntOctober 20, 2022 at 9:31 PM

    agree, some nice rhymes, and some pointed questions,
    especially nice: "is any pen a poet's arm?"

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  8. Gillena CoxOctober 21, 2022 at 12:35 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation Lona.

    Much❤love

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  9. dwru27October 21, 2022 at 9:47 AM

    I love your philosophical questions, Gillena! A wonderful way to write this prompt!

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  10. Gillena CoxOctober 21, 2022 at 5:59 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Dwru

    Much❤love

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  11. Ken / rivrvlogrOctober 21, 2022 at 6:46 PM

    Wonderful, Gillena!

    Any tree can tell a story
    as good as any book,
    and never fail
    with leafy tales
    as good as any book.

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  12. Gillena CoxOctober 22, 2022 at 11:14 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation Ken

    Much❤love

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  13. brudbergOctober 23, 2022 at 11:05 AM

    Love it even if the meter was not entirely right

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  14. Gillena CoxOctober 23, 2022 at 3:27 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Björn

    Much❤love

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