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provoke them not
♫a rhymed blended mirrored double octet♫
your
children,
though they drink
o f the m i l k that
oozes from your breast,
are not your p r o p e r t y.
mingled with the privilege,
awesome r e s p o n s i b i l i t y.
p r o v o k e them n o t to apathy:
they're a g o d l y heritage,
robust and full and free.
driven to the test,
take this comfort:
children’s ink
—dead men’s
cure.
lead
not my
l i t t l e o n e s
where thick darkness
o f u n c e r t a i n t y
nibbles at their conscience.
nurture and admonish them.
arrows in the hands of warriors,
they shall bless your quiver’s barriers.
neither do their lips condemn,
clothed in their innocence
for e t e r n i t y.
wisdom harkens,
faith beckons:
love’s cry
heed.
© Copyright 2019 July 3
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
your
children,
though they drink
o f the m i l k that
oozes from your breast,
are not your p r o p e r t y.
mingled with the privilege,
awesome r e s p o n s i b i l i t y.
p r o v o k e them n o t to apathy:
they're a g o d l y heritage,
robust and full and free.
driven to the test,
take this comfort:
children’s ink
—dead men’s
cure.
lead
not my
l i t t l e o n e s
where thick darkness
o f u n c e r t a i n t y
nibbles at their conscience.
nurture and admonish them.
arrows in the hands of warriors,
they shall bless your quiver’s barriers.
neither do their lips condemn,
clothed in their innocence
for e t e r n i t y.
wisdom harkens,
faith beckons:
love’s cry
heed.
© Copyright 2019 July 3
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
Published 4th Jul 2019
Author's Note
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In the visual version, the blended presentation includes two simultaneous poems differentiated by colour and content. This "rhymed blended mirrored double octet" is a personal experiment I have been evolving, in which: (a) two rhymed poems have been merged (blended); (b) both poems use end-to-end rhyming -- lines of corresponding syllabic count are rhyming couplets. A mirrored octet is (c) one whose syllabic count descends or ascends and then moves in the opposite direction to form a mirror image. The blend is obvious in the visual version only: (d) two poems appear in parallel space, with elements (colour, content, font style, etc.) that help to distinguish one from the other. The poems have a common or opposing them
http://mydo.cx/NDM0YTZl
In the visual version, the blended presentation includes two simultaneous poems differentiated by colour and content. This "rhymed blended mirrored double octet" is a personal experiment I have been evolving, in which: (a) two rhymed poems have been merged (blended); (b) both poems use end-to-end rhyming -- lines of corresponding syllabic count are rhyming couplets. A mirrored octet is (c) one whose syllabic count descends or ascends and then moves in the opposite direction to form a mirror image. The blend is obvious in the visual version only: (d) two poems appear in parallel space, with elements (colour, content, font style, etc.) that help to distinguish one from the other. The poems have a common or opposing them
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4th Jul 2019 8:43pm
5th Jul 2019 8:26pm
4th Jul 2019 9:20pm
dearest Cabool this is a wisdom filled
work of art you should be well pleased
just know your message is received...
beautiful...
love Brenda
work of art you should be well pleased
just know your message is received...
beautiful...
love Brenda
You've got me singing, Brenda, for the sound of your affirmation is music to my ears.
I'm glad the message and the medium resound with you.
The icing on the cake is your RL inclusion -- a signal honour.
Sincerely
cab
I'm glad the message and the medium resound with you.
The icing on the cake is your RL inclusion -- a signal honour.
Sincerely
cab
4th Jul 2019 10:37pm
Definitely only 2 spills here.
Excellent msgs, as well
and well, You know i am one of Your Biggest fans of Your graphic artworks
and this is Fantastic, Brother!!
Excellent msgs, as well
and well, You know i am one of Your Biggest fans of Your graphic artworks
and this is Fantastic, Brother!!
5th Jul 2019 8:37pm
Always amusing, you see in 3D and spot the hidden logic along many byways.
Your support has been unflagging, Tallen. Yes, this poetic fanatic acknowledges you as his greatest graphics fan! Now THAT is fantastic!
You encourage as much as you bemuse.
Thank you.
cab
Your support has been unflagging, Tallen. Yes, this poetic fanatic acknowledges you as his greatest graphics fan! Now THAT is fantastic!
You encourage as much as you bemuse.
Thank you.
cab
