surrender in 5.7.5.

By purr_verse


My words fell asleep
so I wandered in search of
glades of new brilliance

I quested for form;
seeking sonnets and wildsong
in wordforests but

cinquain and quatrain
teased elusive and wilful;
I could not dance and

on my poetry
expedition I just sank
into mere hike ooze.

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© 2007 Natalie Lyndon
Published on Saturday, October 13, 2007.     Filed under: "Structured" and "Poetry"
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  • Just Dave On Tuesday, September 12, 2017, Just Dave (448)By person wrote:

    Very eloquent. Love it. JD

  • carlosjackal On Wednesday, May 11, 2016, carlosjackal (2788)By person wrote:

    I still adore the genius of this...And that pun to kill things off at the end..Leaves even a heart of stone smiling.

  • A former member wrote: a blissful disaster. I love the journey into your mind.

  • lovechild On Sunday, March 1, 2009, lovechild (43)By person wrote:

    very clever...

  • carlosjackal On Saturday, March 1, 2008, carlosjackal (2788)By person wrote:

    New writes!! Please**\O/**

  • glasshouse On Tuesday, November 27, 2007, glasshouse (530)By person wrote:

    Very clever indeed. the idea of "seeking sonnets and wildsong in wordforests" is the most amazing thing i've ever heard to describe how i feel on far too few occasions but certainly HAVE felt. I love it. Most definitely. --Jes

  • A former member wrote: "cinquain and quatrain" Love the jazz, & the "hike ooze" Haiku. Lovely wordwonderment, as always. Very clever. Love the 5.7.5 syllable/meter (even w/ the ending 4)... well crafted. If only there were "wordforests" we could write & wander in... Well done.

  • purr_verse On Sunday, October 21, 2007, purr_verse (1052)By person wrote:

    "...he ending 4" ARGH! Bugger! I can't add. *sob* Dammit, I have to fix that. I'll come back when I've grown a clue. Thank you, though - now THAT is constructive criticism, lol.

  • carlosjackal On Wednesday, October 24, 2007, carlosjackal (2788)By person wrote:

    No! No! Keep it..you could say that the very last line is there to be ironic ;)

  • purr_verse On Wednesday, October 24, 2007, purr_verse (1052)By person wrote:

    Hey, yeah! Let's go with that until I, um...get it right. ;D

  • purr_verse On Wednesday, December 12, 2007, purr_verse (1052)By person wrote:

    Okay, I can count now. ;) Sorted.

  • carlosjackal On Saturday, December 15, 2007, carlosjackal (2788)By person wrote:

    =D -Carl

  • flying_fox On Sunday, October 14, 2007, flying_fox (571)By person wrote:

    SO great! The lilt, the pun... ah just love it love it love it.

  • carlosjackal On Saturday, October 13, 2007, carlosjackal (2788)By person wrote:

    Yay! New purr_post! Fantabulous as ever, Natalie. P.S. You watching the Rugby World Cup Semi-Final tonight :P -Carl

  • carlosjackal On Saturday, October 20, 2007, carlosjackal (2788)By person wrote:

    P.P.S. You watching the Final tonight ;)

  • A former member wrote: a tangibly expressive and liliing piece; an irony of peotry within vs without in all tis myriad meanings. .

  • A former member wrote: egads, i cannot even spell correctly :{ "lilting" and "poetry".....[damns my brain in the a.m.]


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