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Of Rhyming and Timing and Musing that Priming

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Not too terribly long ago (though I cannot tell you how long precisely) I was conversing with a fellow writer about Inspiration and Poetry.  It was a fascinating discussion that I, not surprisingly, never wanted to end.  It started out innocently enough, with a simple query ‘What makes a poem a fantastic poem?’, a question which soon spiraled into the importance of metaphysical thinking and transcendence of emotion; the subtleties of wordplay vs. explicit vulgarism, and the inevitable influence our musings may have, even if such an outcome is not deliberate.

As might be expected, our ideas contrasted, but it was not surprising as our own unique writing styles are quite different (his more structured and traditional, mine…well you know mine.) These variances, however ultimately came down to format, style, grammar and the like; yet we agreed to disagree on these points.  After all, whether a poem comes in the form of a sonnet, a rondeau, a pantoum, or a cinquain; a troilet, a senryu, a tanka or a kyrielle, the desire to share a particular thought, emotion or impulse is usually the underlying motivation for writing.

Our views on the emotive side of poetry concurred, such as allowing Inspiration to lead as opposed to leading Inspiration. Leaving yourself open in all situations rather than closing yourself off to the emotions that may inspire you, whether that inspiration comes through quiet contemplation or at the spur of the moment in some flash of creativity that makes you reach for pen and paper (or laptop) to scribble effusively before the wave passes by. (and the resulting frustration that can occur when you do not.)

We also agreed that rhyming is far less important than timing; that the heartbeat of a poem is crucial, the pulse, as it were, which brings the verse to life and keeps it alive.  Rhyming is a beautiful thing when it happens, when it works, but it should not be the focus of writing poetry.  There is a fine balance between (good) free verse (which quickly became another facet of the conversation, but I’ll prattle on about that another time) and rhymed poetry, and it is a tightrope that is often difficult to walk, but we did unequivocally agree that the age-old, sing-song rhyming scheme so often forced upon an unsuspecting verse (or reader) can easily trap the poet, stifle the verse, and, ultimately lose the reader, frequently for good.

So what is the magic combination that stirs the heart, mind and spirit of both writer and reader?  What is it that constitutes a fantastic poem? Perhaps you have thoughts you would like to share? (please do!) but we could not really say, yet just like any form of art, ‘Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder’. The artist can never predict what might inspire smiles or prompt sighs and, in the end, the creator must create whatever it is their heart longs to express.  After all when two poets start musing about musing and the words we are choosing and using, the result can be amusing, but very often confusing.

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~Morgan~

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Wordless Wednesday – Fretted With Golden Fire

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Wordless Wednesday – This Majestical Roof

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Wordless Wednesday – This Brave O’er Hanging Firmament

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Intoxicating – #RomanticTuesday

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The Intoxicating Bliss that Surrounds me

Whenever you Surround me

Lush and Deep

And Oh So Sweet

The Intoxicating Scent of You

Blissfully numbing my senses

Enchanted and

Surrounded by You

In the Intoxicating Embrace

Surrounding me

Setting all my Passion

Streaming Free

Consuming Me

By

Surrounding Me

Intoxicatingly

~Morgan~

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Filed under: Poetry Tagged: Blissful Moments, BnV, BooknVolume, Embrace, Love, Love Poetry, passion, Poem, poetry, Poetry Blog, Romance, Temptation, ~Morgan~

~One~ – #RomanticTuesday

One Fire in the Soul with Love’s Endless Flame,

One Celestial Burning in Temporal Time,

Ever Rising, Never Setting, Ever Spinning,

Calamitous Treason, Incorporeal Rhyme.

One Soul that is Yearning for One Soul,

One Heart that is Aching for One Heart,

One Life that is Standing Still, Moving,

Upon the One Sea that Keeps Us Apart.

One Longing, Stretching, Reaching Burning,

One Bearing Solitude’s heavy Grief,

One Watching the Tide of the Heaven’s,

For that One Moment of Eternal Relief.

One Standing on the Precipice, Gasping,

One Misery more than One Can Bear,

One Hope Unvanquished by Time’s brutal Tempest,

One Patient Privilege for One So Fair.

~Morgan~

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Glance- #RomanticTuesday

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Unexpected

As the rushing wave upon the shore

You fill my Vision

Though fleetingly

Unsuspected

As I Glance surreptitiously

Upon Your Handsome Beauty

Delighting me

Unhurriedly

As the Caress of the Morning Breeze

Might stir the willows sleeping fronds

This Glance

Happening Sweetly upon Chance

Turns to Fervent

Stare

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~Morgan~

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This Time

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In this Time

Before Time

As Time unravels

Time

This Sharing

Sharing what we Shared

Shares more than

Sharing

Whispers Lingering

Lingering in Soft Whispers

Touching my Spirit

Whisperingly

As Time

Before this Time

Unravels my Time

Of Sharing

Whispers

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Unsure

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A Figment of my Imagination,

Once lost amidst the rock and shale of breaking day

Like a calamitous descent into the abyss,

Now Plays with furtive, Dancing steps

Upon the Butterfly Beats of my fretful Heart,

Singing like the mourning dove

A Song of Sweet Anticipation

As Time Balances upon the Sill of Tomorrow

And I hold my Breath

In Hope

Unsure

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~Morgan~

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Filed under: Poetry Tagged: Anticipation, BnV, BooknVolume, Doubt, Fear, Hesitation, photography, Poem, poetry, Poetry Blog, relationships, Trust, Waiting, ~Morgan~

Whispers of Eventide

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Lush woodland of uncertainty

Filling my Vision with Shadowy Players

Hesitation ripe as Sweetest summer berries

As I walk in trepidatious silence

Seeking the splash of Colour from Your Radiant Sun

Warmth of Light to Shimmer and Smile

Caressing my skin with Tenderness

So chilled from the dimness of shadows

That Your Lightest Touch

Sends great rivers of Sighs

Like Silken Dreams sailing upon the

Whispers of Eventide

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~Morgan~

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