This is my first attempt at a Terzanelle, a more complex form of Villanelle that incorporates aspects of Terza Rima. A terzanelle is a poetic form combining aspects of the villanelle and the terza rima
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 12 months ago in Poets
when the madness came and the prophets roar’d petty fiefdoms laid fair Camelot waste, were you there, my friends, fore the nation warr’d?
By John Cox12 months ago in Poets
I’m sorry I was not there for you I always thought that there would be tomorrow I would have made more time, if I only knew
By Stephanie Hoogstad12 months ago in Poets
He asked, do you want to see the bodies? Shadows have secrets that they don’t want known Evil eyes decide just what the gods see
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden12 months ago in Poets
With your last breath You became more valuable in death than in life A land left in strife A robotic mourning wife Yet, in the haze of your final days
By Atomic Historian12 months ago in Poets
When the world is burning down, I must concede perhaps apocalypse films were sorta right— true friends are great to help you fight zombies.
By Alison McBain12 months ago in Poets
Be careful with guardians of the heart For they will keep you apart Vexation of supposed protection A misdirection of feelings
I eat myself to feed my soul I roll with every toll Time laid out ahead and behind me Thoughts creating and destroying the fallacy of my reality
The rain slithers across the plain The lion feigns disinterest in his mistress Mysterious visitors A horrendous sound shakes the ground
There are fire opals and sunstones raging in my veins, a molten clock that only beats when you appear A kiln inside me where the sun you give me glow
By Cadma12 months ago in Poets
Floating beneath the surface, the tempestuous temptress of the sea All those in audience collapse, weeping and chanting in manic greed
By K.B. Silver 12 months ago in Poets
I tossed a bill for fun, on the counter to make a bet that was better unmade Only then, did I notice the bouncer ** Cleared my throat like a TV announcer
