Re-Fix

Before going any further, Yours Truly should warn readers that this particular Anti-Poem is based on the notion of an idée fixe (fixed idea), which in clinical psychology may denote obsession to the point of insanity.

Although built on an octet of rhyming trines, each line begins with the same simple prefix. They also progress in a fairly alphabetical order. However, not every last letter would lend itself to our purpose.

Nevertheless, Obsidian Eagle trusts that you'll find a cohesive message coded herein...

From the forthcoming, Future Sutras: A Decade of Anti-Poetry

Re-Fix

React against inertial forces

Realign energy vortexes

Rearticulate ageless phrases

Rebuff untoward advances

Reconstruct deconstructed nuances

Redress any inherent imbalances

Reengage reader's mental faculties

Reform grammatical casualties

Regenerate like crab apple trees

Reintegrate the least of these

Rejuvenate tamed inner beast

Release pheasants for hunt and feast

Remorse isn't worth dwelling on

Renovate; evaluate pro & con

Reorient the Western canon

Repetitio Est Mater Studiorum

Requisite knowledge stumps all but some

Resolution makes such depths easier to plumb

Retrain senses thence cleanse lenses

Reuse outdated references

Revise whatever the tense is

Rewired synapses sing grand symphonies

Reword what was first heard from aborigines

Rewrite old scripts, to grant grand epiphanies...

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Hear it recited (with musical accompaniment) by the Author:

* Originally published 20/11/19 on the Author's own blog: