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poet's balm
sonnet variation
a sequel to "poet's dilemma"
“Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health
of the daughter of my people recovered?” Jeremiah 8:22 (KJV)
if every word were framed by flagrant fire,
perhaps i thus could every heart inspire.
what were the poet's meaning, after all,
if all his rhyme were with scant reason clad?
where were the fragrance, when soft voices call
the bowed-down to the balm in gilead?
a song of joy, an aria for peace;
a lyric line to sooth the savage breast;
a lullaby for baby's sweet release;
a chant to calm political unrest;
a pipe dream for the phantasies of those
on whom fate its severest blows impose:
the poet's miracle drips from his pen
and heals the world with perfect acumen.
© Copyright 2019 July 22
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
a sequel to "poet's dilemma"
“Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health
of the daughter of my people recovered?” Jeremiah 8:22 (KJV)
if every word were framed by flagrant fire,
perhaps i thus could every heart inspire.
what were the poet's meaning, after all,
if all his rhyme were with scant reason clad?
where were the fragrance, when soft voices call
the bowed-down to the balm in gilead?
a song of joy, an aria for peace;
a lyric line to sooth the savage breast;
a lullaby for baby's sweet release;
a chant to calm political unrest;
a pipe dream for the phantasies of those
on whom fate its severest blows impose:
the poet's miracle drips from his pen
and heals the world with perfect acumen.
© Copyright 2019 July 22
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
Published 22nd Jul 2019
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This sequel follows the form of a sonnet in which the last two lines -- the closing couplet or resolution to the preceding 12 lines (usually three quatrains) -- of a related poem beome the opening lines of a new poem.
As a group of poems, "poet's dilemma" and "poet's balm" should be read in that order, for continuity of meaning.
http://mydo.cx/MDZjYTk0
This sequel follows the form of a sonnet in which the last two lines -- the closing couplet or resolution to the preceding 12 lines (usually three quatrains) -- of a related poem beome the opening lines of a new poem.
As a group of poems, "poet's dilemma" and "poet's balm" should be read in that order, for continuity of meaning.
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