Oh why veneration to mere facsimiles,
of raiment shine, scant fortitude?
Pressing fashion blinds eyes of Damocles,
to engross a lowered gaze in servitude.
Obeisance universal, populists appeal,
voices loom louder, ever praising Cain;
Abel shunned, the grease finds the wheel,
“Higher Power” subs for deity arcane.
Illumination counts a four figure furnace,
fills holes in atoms, finds bones in Bibles
and miracles in the midst of an innocent's hand.
Praise to the author of heaven’s assurance!
Glory to the Holy Ghost writer unrivaled!
For me and my house,'tis for God I stand!
Author notes
Invited entry by the lovely and gracious Pamela A Lamppa
This is an ode: a 10-line stanza of iambic verse using an ababababcdecde rhyme scheme.
Prompt:
"The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;
And, as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen
Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name."
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" (5.1.7-12), Theseus to his companions
In a list
A contest entry
- Winklings 100th Contest (A Series) - Contest A JUDGED! by Lyndon.
3500 points, ended July 30, 2008, 5 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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An excellent poem, Paul! Written with a sense of authority - of knowing to whom all is owed.
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Thank you Joyce!
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Congratulations on your wonderful trophy. Always a pleasure to read your wonderful poetry.
~Pamela 
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Thank you Pam.
Paul
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"Abel".
An ode to God on what is owed to God.
The rhyme just gets you through. The poem is fluent, has momentum and certainly reads aloud well.
Cleverly conceived and given birth, poet. I am glad Pamela invited you!
Lyndon of the Winklings.
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Thank you Ron. It's an honor to be among your march toward poetic excellence here.
Paul
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Very powerful poem Paul..the form is excellent..your spirituality is shining here my friend. Best of luck, it was a lovely read
Ruby
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Thank you so much for commenting here Ruby. I'm glad you enjoyed reading this.
Paul
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This is beautiful and a wonderful statement of faith. I can see where and why you broke iamb as it adds power to the imagery of the verse. This poem starts strong and continues strong to the ebd. Well done!
Love,
Amera
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Thank you Amera. This is my first try at writing an ode so I hope it measures up to Winkling standards.
Paul
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Awesome, powerful...
Best of luck in this contest!!! Peace, Cyn
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Thank you Rose for reading and commenting.
Paul
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