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Retrograde Nights
All is memory, faded or fading,
And the present but a membrane of fate
Where the future for the past is trading
At a far too precipitating rate...
Seemingly placed for adversity's sake
Afflicting the rich and the poor alike
And regularly marked by a daybreak
When sunbeams epiphenomenally strike
The brief portraits of a wonderful life
Hanging in a gallery of decay
Too soon defaced by the nihilist knife
Of another viciously entropic day,
Making happiness an uphill climb
Reversed by love and a measure of rhyme!
And the present but a membrane of fate
Where the future for the past is trading
At a far too precipitating rate...
Seemingly placed for adversity's sake
Afflicting the rich and the poor alike
And regularly marked by a daybreak
When sunbeams epiphenomenally strike
The brief portraits of a wonderful life
Hanging in a gallery of decay
Too soon defaced by the nihilist knife
Of another viciously entropic day,
Making happiness an uphill climb
Reversed by love and a measure of rhyme!
Published 1st Jul 2022
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From July 31st, 2020
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Anonymous
1st Jul 2022 9:08am
I have no ability in the area of rhyme and metre so reading someone whose really put in the effort is rewarding.
1st Jul 2022 10:34am
I'm delighted whenever anybody gets any measure of joy from one of my poems, and truthfully, ten years ago when I first tried to write a sonnet I couldn't rhyme to save my life. But like so many things, the more you do it the better you will get. A rhyming dictionary certainly helps, and you can use online rhyme resources as well.
Meter is a lot more challenging, at least for me, but again the more you do it the better. Reading and speaking Shakespeare helps. There were valid reasons his peers referred to him as "master".
I really like rhyming on alternate lines because I think it helps to tease more content out of the brain. I'm sure there is some arcane neurological reason for that. I totally suck at rapping but some folks make it look easy. Everyone has their fortes and foibles.
Many thanks for giving me a read!
Meter is a lot more challenging, at least for me, but again the more you do it the better. Reading and speaking Shakespeare helps. There were valid reasons his peers referred to him as "master".
I really like rhyming on alternate lines because I think it helps to tease more content out of the brain. I'm sure there is some arcane neurological reason for that. I totally suck at rapping but some folks make it look easy. Everyone has their fortes and foibles.
Many thanks for giving me a read!
