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Disasters, Delights and Other Detours - 70. Descent and Ascent
I have been experimenting with varied metric patterns. I found poems formed this way in the works of George Herbert, and decided to try some on my own. Perhaps you can determine the patterns - and whether these modern examples work at all.
Desire conceived in snapshot haste
entangles swift
those pliant minds with thoughts unchaste
which veer and drift
upon sharp shoals of wreck and waste.
Seduced by fantasies untold
soon one is bound
by sirens’ songs surpassing cold,
no pity found,
or captives who were e’er paroled.
Once caught within this mental trap,
How to escape?
For there’s no well-marked folding map,
or hole agape
in fences which around us wrap.
Yet hope within the heart survives,
for friends still smile,
time taken from their busy lives
to spend a while
and help him o’er the wall who strives.
If you feel inclined to leave a thought or reflection here, I'd be grateful. Thank you for reading.
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Poetry posted in this category are works of fiction. Names, places, characters, events, and incidents are created by the authors' imaginations or are used fictitiously. Any resemblances to actual persons (living or dead), organizations, companies, events, or locales are entirely coincidental.
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Note: While authors are asked to place warnings on their stories for some moderated content, everyone has different thresholds, and it is your responsibility as a reader to avoid stories or stop reading if something bothers you.
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