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Shut Up and Row: rionnaird tri-nard
Don’t ask me how I’m doing,
or just what I’ve been thinking.
I’m far too busy bailing
my little boat that’s sinking.
I must keep things in focus.
Do not keep up your prattle,
belay your hocus pocus.
It’s hard enough a battle. Continue reading
Posted in Lines
Tagged #BookofForms, attention, awareness, distraction, Irish verse forms, poetic forms, rionnaird tri-nard, struggle, work
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How Long Have I Seen: clogyrnach
When did I start see it first-hand,
the sickness creeping on our land?
I can tell you when:
I was maybe ten;
you begin
to understand. Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, awareness, battle, clogyrnach, poetic forms, resist, struggle, Welsh verse forms
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Learn to Sing the Blues
Nothing to choose: only new ways to lose; learn to sing the blues retweeting evening news. And in the end, the ruse? That life’s a pleasure cruise and not a dog that chews through everything of use; that every cut and bruise and all your worn-out shoes will be sufficient dues to get you passage through. Continue reading
Tasters’ Choice
A light bulb glows because it’s fighting the power coursing through it. The harder it struggles, the brighter the illumination. That’s the real magic of resistance. You don’t dispel shadows until you can taste the dark, and despite how delicious … Continue reading
Posted in Planes
Tagged hardship, interdependence, power, resistance, struggle, understanding
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Plain Speaking: toddaid
“You must speak more plainly, sir,” he said, “Most men ignore the complicated. Their jaded minds and souls seek simple things: weak drinks, brutal sports, the understated.” “How much more sad that seems,” I made reply, “to have no dreams … Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, life, poetic forms, pointlessness, struggle, toddaid, toil, Welsh verse forms, work
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It Is Their Flag: roundelay
Almost in spite, some fools seem to keep trying. They seek a balance where mad chaos reigns; they fight for life, despite death’s constant sighing, giving their all for sake of what remains. It is their flag that in the … Continue reading
Posted in Lines
Tagged #BookofForms, courage, English verse forms, John Dryden, perseverance, poetic forms, roundelay, sacrifice, struggle, war
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