The Sock Drawer - 23. Genius Loci

I like how this poem seems to be a super-sized sonnet. You have the measured pace of the quatrains telling a 'story,' and then the concluding lines becoming more lyrical and song-like to tie emotions into the entire tale.

I like that very much. I also like the neo-folk feel I get from this poem; a sort of Medieval word in modern times.

Well done, and thanks for posting it!

On 01/29/2016 04:40 AM, AC Benus said:

I like how this poem seems to be a super-sized sonnet. You have the measured pace of the quatrains telling a 'story,' and then the concluding lines becoming more lyrical and song-like to tie emotions into the entire tale.

 

I like that very much. I also like the neo-folk feel I get from this poem; a sort of Medieval word in modern times.

 

Well done, and thanks for posting it!

Thank you very much!

I remember that when writing this, by the end of stanza three I had stuff to put into it that wouldn't go well into these stiff quatrains. They're neat and quaint (which I like) but too square for some things.

I'm glad they and the flowing bit at the end still work together.

And thank you for the folk/medieval remark.