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Slow and Steady: ballade
If you would change the world, you must
believe it can be done, of course,
and with your entire being, trust
that it needs changing. Do not force
your will upon a stubborn horse;
instead, with gentle words and grace
seek out resistance at its source:
for each small thing, a time and place. Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, ballade, daily poems, force, French verse forms, osmosis, poetic forms, resistance, revolution
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Some Sense of Meaning: ballade
The world is what it is, the pundits claim; and City Hall no pugilists defeat. No matter where you go, things stay the same; you either like your bourbon iced, or neat. A thing is in itself almost complete; just … Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, ballade, daily poems, French verse forms, futility, human understanding, limitation, meaning, philosophy, poetic forms
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The Legacy: a dizain
Let those you wish to sing your praise remember not your fabled deeds, nor cite your methods nor the ways you solved a problem, met a need. Reward like this is small, and leads one to perform for weak applause. … Continue reading
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Tagged ambition, ballade, destiny, dizain, fate, poetic forms, posterity, reputation
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The Same Old Song: a ballade
Each night we play, you come to catch the show; to see and be seen seeing, more to fact: to smile like you alone are in the know regarding “hidden treasures” like our act . Let’s hope the grand veneer … Continue reading
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Tagged audiences, ballade, conformity, daily poems, live music, poetic forms
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The Pebble and the Wall: a ballade
A pebble leaned against a towering wall (at least that’s how it first appeared to me) just barely seen beyond the shadow’s fall, not much more than a speck of loose debris, looking like it had been carelessly knocked free … Continue reading
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Tagged ballade, connection, daily poems, importance, poetic forms, relativity, significance, size, support
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Bright and Clear: a ballade
There is a quiet place where one may find a respite from the bustle of the day; where silence soothes the worry of the mind and with its echo, holds the world at bay. In this majestic lull the muses … Continue reading