Names of Ancient Muses not my own.
Mono rhyme internal too
Iambic pentameter but trochees end lines 3 and 14
My muse would be offended if I went
to write with help from someone else! She sent
these words without delay, -- incandescent,
. . . bright in sunlight, cogent, insistent,
as if demanding my acknowledgment!
She's mine, though not Calliope's descent,
in tune with who I am, incumbent. Meant
for searching, finding joys within, intent,
transcendent, transparent; perhaps lent,
but mine since childhood. She is permanent,
a part of me. She finds that rhymes invent
the tunes, and sing the songs: a torrent!
Why must verse be from Polyhymnia,
from Clio, Terpsichore, or Thalia?
Author notes
In Greek mythology, muses were patron goddesses, attendants of Apollo, god of poetry, Calliope, chief Muse, Clio, history, Thalia, comedy, Polyhymnia, sacred song, Terpsichore, dancing...
In a list
Do the names of Greek Muses fit in?
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she sounds unique
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Yes, Matt,
and quite wonderful.
I could not have written that, so I just sat by
while the fingers flew and surprised me by finding answers to dilemmas and gave the strength to continue in the face of what seem to be insurmountable obstacles.
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Dear Terry,
I swotted my museology for I’m a simple twit
who can’t off-hand remember all their names
but you have got them pretty right, exactly as they fit
and they are a bunch of quite entrancing dames.
I see you named but five of them yet, since renaissance time,
historians have added several more.
In fact, there are another four, which makes the total nine
and I’ll name them if you won’t think me a bore:
CALLIOPE, the chief, is muse of epic poetry
while CLIO is the muse of history;
EUTERPE is the music muse of lyric poesy
and ERATO is the muse of love-songs and eroticy.
MELPOMENE, “the chanting one” is muse of tragedy
POLYMNIA, rhetoric and sacred song.
Gay THALIA, the pastoral one, is muse of comedy
while TERPSICHORE, with choral singing dances all night long
and celestial URANIA preserves astronomy.
So, in one way or another, and for better or for worse,
each one of those nine muses is an aid to writing verse.
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Thankyou for inspiring me to swot up my muses again.
My own personal Muse combines all nine of the above as you will no doubt have deduced from my completely catholic and often wayward choice of poetic subjects.
Applause, love and hugs, XXX Hugh.
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Thank you Hugh
List of Muses Refuses Abuses. Wyleian Sonnet CCXXIIIa
Yes, I may have slighted others by
not naming them, but must identify
the ones who fit the couplet, and who tie
together myth, complexities, and my
odd choice of topics. How could I
still hope my life transmogrify
some semblance yet of self, to unify
myself with what I want to be? I sigh.
Antiquity is fine for some, but dry
in midst of daily challenge, yes, we cry
with inevitable loss, and identify
with those who verify truth, to justify
the daily effort, set our targets high
so Life may yet be ours to sanctify.
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Now look what you have done!
My Muse appreciates the need to line up all the words around what passes for our humanity, to sort them out,
and send them to the fingertips where thought turns into verse. I watched the pentameters arrive, delighted to be the machine that shares what our muses have to offer.
Thank you.
Terry
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Dear Terry,
I would be honoured to include either your "My Independant Muse"
sonnet or "List of Muses Refuses Abuses" (or BOTH) in my Wyleian Sonnet collection. If you are agreeable, please append the suffix:
"Wyleian Sonnet CCXXIII" and "Wyleian Sonnet CCXXIIIa" to the respective titles? Thankyou.
Love and hugs
Hugh.
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