by ~Gregg Rowe~
I stand before the judgement of my destiny
Upon my birth -- the one I vowed :
And to share in this existing life
In return I was promised mortal love --
Now as Clotho spins the Lachesis’ allocated length --
Anthropos and I do the final snip dance.
Alone, not in life, with partners I have danced --
Onto the next fox step…Aphrodite’s destiny:
I did not care on our relationship’s length,
Content that my life contained promised vows --
Blind justice screamed inside of my love,
As I danced deeper into Abyss’s life.
Days are filled with white cultured hues of life :
Underneath mythological stars, rainbows dance --
With one-horned white horses I fell in love,
Living out my life’s carved destiny --
Alone, I’ll not live, I cried in vow --
Wondering, even young, of life’s length.
King Edward Second screams, a hot poker pole’s length
Was shoved up his anus for leading a gay life --
Society’s ideas I would change, I made the volunteer vow :
With princesses, -- politicians -- people I have danced
To remain poor sharing a compassionate heart -- my destiny --
And through this poverty enriched with love.
It was not through sexual but unconditional love;
That was separating and dividing my Psyche’s length --
To journal a journeyed journey, my destiny -
To pen as a poet a tortured, reality splice of life,
And see beautiful days as we waltz life’s dance --
I will live life to the lie everyday I vowed.
It is not with a mortal I have exchanged marriage vows;
And I had no choice but to fall in love --
In sickness and in health we have done our snip dance.
My partner is Chronic and my Chaos string’s length --
And witnessed, not wasted, the diversity of life,
For its recorded amongst my destiny.
To my nine muses I vowed, Lachesis’ allocated length --
Would be spilled amongst penned love, not a shameful abused life :
As Anthropos and I dance the final snip of my destiny.
Author notes
Sestina:
Invented in Provence in the thirteenth century, it does not repeat lines, only words.
It is composed of 6 stanzas, of six lines each, and concludes with a final tercet (called an envoy).
The end words get repeated in a certain order, and in the closing tercet, all six words are used.
The format (if designated by the following letters), is as follows;
ABCDEF
FAEBDC
CFDABE
ECBFAD
DEACFB
BDFECA
BE (closing tercet)
DC
FA
If I were to assign the following words, to the following letters, the following poem Meeting Meeting would result.
A meeting
B boring
C endless
D time
E late
F apologize
(If you want, put a paper along the margin over the letters)
Meeting Meeting
A I constantly feel like we're going to a meeting
B Meeting just to meet is beyond boring
C Speakers drone on, voices and thought endless
D They're incapable of starting on time
E They traditionally go until late
F I wish one day somebody would apologize
F For my unscheduled arrival, I apologize
A Uninvited, I felt this was a critical meeting
E If we didn't address the issue, it would be too late
B I inject energy in a situation that is usually boring
D They ask me back next time
C My regret seems endless
C Bumper to bumper traffic on my way is endless
F I scramble to my seat, wondering if I should apologize
D It figures this would be the occasion it starts on time
A Finance is meticulous about their meeting
B Numbers cascade making it incomprehensibly boring
E Others arrive, unnoticeably late
E The chair of the board anticipates being late
C The agenda is endless
B Doodling in my pad, this is really boring
F The door bursts open and he doesn't apologize
A I got stuck in another meeting
D I'll try not to let it happen next time
D Eager to make up for lost time
E We accept his excuse for being late
A And we proceed with the meeting
C His introduction is endless
F Checking my watch, I apologize
B I have another meeting which will be even more boring
B Are there no meetings that aren't boring?
D Consuming my precious time
F Without the decency to apologize
E Shifting my day to where I have to stay late
C The pile of work on my desk is endless
A Then there's the unscheduled meeting
BE It starts late again, and to no surprise it's boring
DC time seems endless
FA at least for this meeting, somebody finally managed to apologize
Written by: Tracy Lynn Repchuk
© Canadian Federation of Poets
Written February 28th, 2006
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A contest entry
- End of Ze World az we Know It by The Riddler.
300 points, ended April 5, 2006, 15 entries
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Maggie: Not at all that is what this community is all about is sharing. Good luck with yours and send me a copy when you are finished penning it. Gregg Happy World's Poet's Day
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Holy shit . . . excuse my language, but I'm writing one of these for extra credit for my AP lit class and this just blew me away . . . well done! Do you mind if I share this and post my classes response up here for you . . . I think it would get a lot of people interested in the site!
Keep penning . . . keep sharing . . . and much luck to you in the contest!
Maggie -
fantastic
This is soooooo amazing! I love the Greek mythology references. I am just wowed by this poem, so I'll shut up and give ya an applause! -
it s an amazing write keep up the good work
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wow.. what can i say but wow, this is an excellant writing.. very very good.. i loved reading this piece and the infomation in your autours notes is oh so useful. thanks. =) ~toni~
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Wow, that's a lot of information, thanks. I like your use of allusion. Seems to maybe something you like also.
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I really like this, its very creative and different. I especially loved the Greek myths intertwined in the story. Keep up the awesome work!
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This was an intriguing write,
tone to it. The images fused with sound created a dramatic
performance of isolation and abandonment.
There are so many things we take for granted in life.
So many of life's beauties go unseen or noticed.
In the stillness of contentment we are priviledged
to peer into the corridors of another dimension.
Thereby recieving enlightenment.
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Hmm...I learned to do a sestina differently. But whatever. I like that poem a lot. Keep up the good work!
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A lovely poem you have written here - very creative form and well told tale with Greek myths - well done. What part of Canada are you from? I live in AB.
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wonderful
You pulled this sestina off quite well. I love the poem's story and the very important messages behind it, as well as all the allusions to dance and Greek myths. Great write, best of luck in the contest.
My partner is Chronic and my Chaos string’s length--
And witnessed, not wasted, the diversity of life,
For its recorded amongst my destiny. -
Awesome
What a delightfully fun piece here, awesome!! -
Dear Gregg, Another wonderful poem from your muse, how many more to go Bro'? I'm very proud of you.
Love from your
Aussie
Sister
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it is always a joy to read your work ^_^ just stopping by to see how your doing and to read yet another fantastic poem by the master.... the twist was great, and the write its self verry Sensual
i look forword to your next.
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