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mercy
a garland cinquain
mercy:
human kindness
is a mark of valour;
let its mirror swell your noble
passion.
passion
for the spirit
dispossessed and lonely
makes the world a habitable
shelter.
shelter
for the homeless,
battered by his darkness,
makes your heart an unencumbered
lighthouse—
lighthouse,
where the rolling
waters stark the edges,
for death ravenously clued-up.
hapless,
hapless
are they, naked,
trolled by wind and weather:
send your beams of hope as beams of
mercy!
mercy:
for the spirit
battered by his darkness,
for death ravenously clued-up.
mercy!
© Copyright 2021 June 09
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
mercy:
human kindness
is a mark of valour;
let its mirror swell your noble
passion.
passion
for the spirit
dispossessed and lonely
makes the world a habitable
shelter.
shelter
for the homeless,
battered by his darkness,
makes your heart an unencumbered
lighthouse—
lighthouse,
where the rolling
waters stark the edges,
for death ravenously clued-up.
hapless,
hapless
are they, naked,
trolled by wind and weather:
send your beams of hope as beams of
mercy!
mercy:
for the spirit
battered by his darkness,
for death ravenously clued-up.
mercy!
© Copyright 2021 June 09
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
Published 11th Jun 2021
| Edited 13th Aug 2021
Author's Note
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A garland cinquain is a six-stanza poem with five lines to each stanza. The successive lines (1-5) of the first five stanzas reprise in stanza six.
http://mydo.cx/YTQ4M2Yy
A garland cinquain is a six-stanza poem with five lines to each stanza. The successive lines (1-5) of the first five stanzas reprise in stanza six.
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11th Jun 2021 1:21pm
Few words are more needed and meaningful in our world today than MERCY. Thanks and peace, Oral
13th Aug 2021 5:16am
I receive your comment with gratitude, my friend. And you are perfectly on target with the thought that MERCY is critical to the survival of our world.
Sincerely
cab
Sincerely
cab
11th Jun 2021 5:25pm
You are totally mastering this form, Cab! Mercy and compassion are what keeps the world alive in Love.
13th Aug 2021 5:25am
Thanks, Ahavati!
A garland cinquain is a beautiful form, indeed, particularly in its cumulative literary and structural value, as reflected in the final stanza.
The message of mercy and love is a message of a child and its mother, for if one loves, then one must show mercy. Love is formless and void if it does not have a touchpoint with human need.
Sincerely
cab
A garland cinquain is a beautiful form, indeed, particularly in its cumulative literary and structural value, as reflected in the final stanza.
The message of mercy and love is a message of a child and its mother, for if one loves, then one must show mercy. Love is formless and void if it does not have a touchpoint with human need.
Sincerely
cab
