Beneath Spring's skies freedom's wings take flight,
hardly a cloud to mar earth's spectacular views.
Young birds stretch first wings, soaring to great heights,
graceless across the horizon until confidence accrues.
Sudden, slashing sounds of gunshot fill the air in warning's might.
Notable reminders that freedom's clouds are often misconstrued.
Author notes
Write a poem in the following form:
Harrisham Rhyme
Harrisham Rhyme is a poetry form created by Indian poetess ~ Harrisham Minhas.
This form consists of a six-line rhyming stanza.
In this form, the last letter of the first word of each line is the first letter of the first word of next line.
There is no restriction on the starting letter of the first line.
Rhyming scheme : ababab.
I hope it's not too disturbing
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A contest entry
- Harrisham Rhyme by Harrisham Minhas.
800 points, ended December 27, 2008, 8 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Aww...this is sad.
A well-crafted poem which starts with placid views of the nature and ends in something sad, which sometimes happens in reality.
Thanks for your entry.
Harrisham Minhas
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You have written a beautiful yet a powerful poem.
I have always failed to understand why it is that so many men, when they see something so graceful and beautiful as the creatures Nature has put on our earth, find that they must pick up a weapon and kill it.
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WOW, my friend...this is strong and chilling...wonderful imagery and metaphor for the sad truth of reality and life...great form and depth...always a pleasure to read you brillants.
Love,
mystic
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Excellent
Wonderful creation. Such a great use of form. Best of luck in the contest.
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