Go, verse, unending is our brief sweet play,
go, offspring of light joys or unsung sorrow,
some heart-ease sow - tears wrung from yesterday -
whose fears unstrung, shall never know tomorrow.
Go forth, inspire, wax fruitful, multiply
in minds of all who inspiration borrow
to turn a phrase which may Time's scythe defy,
while narrow spirits die, straitlaced, in sorrow.
Go verse, anonymous, but, mind, don’t stray
from goal to heal, feel whole, repealing sorrow,
reach all weighed down with troubles dark today,
teach each that reach finds happiness tomorrow.
Joy is no mirage hung in leaden sky,
nor shines reflections which before tomorrow
must melt from sight to leave a bitter sigh -
Tune out from Time and Tide immune to sorrow.
Enjoy the moment, shed care, every day
extends life’s jubilation though the morrow
may prove a disappointment on the way
from dark to dark - joy’s spark’s not promise hollow
but dream beam tiding over high and dry
shipwreck, thus is worth whatever follow, -
as interstice amid time passing by
may offer scope to cope with season’s sorrow ...
So go, verse, to rehearse this interplay
go, offspring of light joys or unsung sorrow,
go, candle burn in each and every way,
store tenderness against a cold tomorrow.
Allow the spirit leeway and gainsay
those worried all enthusiasm’s hollow,
take all and naught for granted as the Way
unfolds for bold who hold no brief for sorrow ...
Author notes
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Go, songs, for ended is our brief, sweet play;
Go, children of swift joy and tardy sorrow:
And some are sung, and that was yesterday,
And some unsung, and that may be to-morrow.
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Go forth; and if it be o'er stony way,
Old joy can lend what newer grief must borrow:
And it was sweet, and that was yesterday,
And sweet is sweet, though purchas-ed with sorrow.
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Go, songs, and come not back from your far way:
And if men ask you why ye smile and sorrow,
Tell them ye grieve, for your hearts know To-day,
Tell them ye smile, for your eyes know To-morrow.
Francis THOMPSON 1859_1907
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This verse conveys its message well, a theme that gleams in much of your work.
Poetry can indeed teach, heal, help expand, grow, move on, reach...and much more. Our words, like children, can represent what we put in to them and through them our thoughts touch more in an ever-widening circle.
(what I get from it)
well done
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An articulate and clever piece of poetry.
Good luck,
Bill
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I like what you have to say, I think. I also like just the whole thing in general.
Best of luck in the contest. :} -
Wonderfully penned!
Thanks for sharing your talent! Best wishes in the contest and always!
Write on and on...
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The language and tone of this is great. Nice job.
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I enjoyed the rhythmic intricacy, the repetition also worked really well.
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Very powerfully written. You have a very polished, practiced style that sings. Strange, how despite my own proclivity to a loose mixture of rhyme and free verse, I love the craftmanship of your work.
Sorry if I don't give you any sort of critique. I just don't really feel all that capable at the moment.
IC C
ps - wonderful diction. Reading this was like going to a potluck of my favorite foods and some that I'd never tried before.
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