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Consummate Worth

Styx shan’t swallow, hours devour, dream soul
Alzheimer Acheron dam neuronal stream,
Nor can Charon's ferry parabole
Give credence to dusk dimming golden gleam.
Tired Dis dismissed to mists where once he dwelt,
Overthrown, repines, while Proserpine
May spring release from quarantine misdealt,
Apt prose most lose, choose rose whose sweets divine
Must musty scent compared to present sent
Across time's range in instant propogation
Upending Einstein's theories - her ascent
Defying 'grav_id_tease' acceleration.
Exquisite as this sonnet's lines appear,
Consummate worth through unique birth shines clear.

 

Author notes

Styx and Acheron, like Lethe, rivers of the Underworld
Dis - Pluto ... Lord of the Underworld
Proserpine ... Persephone

Charon, ferryman charged with transporting the souls of the dead to the underworld


'grav_id_tease'

gravity's
gravid (pregnant) tease/ease
grave id or I.D. tease/ease
I'd tease/ease


Acrostic Sonnet Sang to Ma Maude C

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  • Shydreamer3
    July 20
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    The detail is impecable and the poem is beyond awesome. Very cleaver use of words and I definetly found myself wanting to keep reading. I loved it and i loved the flow it was truly written well. Wonderful write I must check out more of your poems in the future. Very refreshing and unique as well. GOOD JOB.

  • awannabepoet
    July 14

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    well done

    It is a bit of a brain tease is it not?

    "Across time's range in instant propogation
    Upending Einstein's theories - her ascent"

    Poetry is red to some and blue to others, in the end it is all out there on this virtual paper for those that would read to see.

    I like it, I like it so!

    . Rewarded 6


  • michichoeret
    July 7

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    beautiful

    very pretty and artfully done. very intelligent picture of a lousy reality. you really understand the feeling of falling apart. or at least you seem to....

    me of course it scared like hell as I have also lost parts of my faculties

    . Rewarded 4


  • forethought
    June 7

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    This a really beautiful piece. What a great way to start a contest, hey? I have no idea if you used iambic pentameter or not, but just the sheer perfection of this poem completely trumps any need for it if you didn't. I've always been a fan of Greek mythology, and to see it used in a piece as beautiful as this was a joy, and I thank you for sharing this with all of us. and, I'm not sure if this is your background or not, but it also is very beautiful.

  • MY lips will deny
    June 5
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    very skilled but creative as well

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