I saw this interesting article and thought I would share..... ©Grant P. Hudson. CLARENDON HOUSE PUBLICATIONS Classically, prose is defined as a form of language based on grammatical structure and the natural flow of speech. It is normally contrasted with poetry or verse which is said to depend on a rhythmic structure, using meter or …
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Poem To Read Aloud: A Shakespeare Sonnet For Your Quarantine
APRIL 2, 2020 POEMS TO READ ALOUD , RESOURCES , PUBLIC SPEAKING , THE BUCKLEY EXPERIENCE The Buckley School's founder, Reid Buckley, believed that all speakers should hone their speaking skills by reading poetry out loud. Each month in our magazine, we'll keep that worthwhile practice alive by including a poem for you to read aloud. "Much of his work was composed, …
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A poem about poetry.
Oh, the sword is mightier than the pen,Ask any knight with a chopped off arm.No! The pen is mightier than the swordAsk any poet who does so little harm. Read the psalms, the poetry of God,In them you will find tales of loves destruction,You’ll also find there pathos, love and humour,In that whole book, the …
Summer
A Ha'sonnet We love to think,Of summers past.When skin turned pink.Why don’t they last?Why do we dream,Not all they seem.Sunshine, some time ©joseph r mason 2020 A bonus Haiku Ice forming on trees,Sun in mantled glory shinesThrough the winter mist. ©joseph r mason 2020 In response to EUGI’S WEEKLY PROMPT “SUMMER”, JUNE 22, 2020 https://amanpan.com/2020/06/22/eugis-weekly-prompt-summer-june-22-2020/
THE SONNET
Photo by Cameraman Surojit on Pexels.com Sonnet Structure There are fourteen lines in a Shakespearean sonnet. The first twelve lines are divided into three quatrains with four lines each. In the three quatrains the poet establishes a theme or problem and then resolves it in the final two lines, called the couplet. The rhyme scheme …
An Haiku – Brilliance.
Brass work polished. My face, in it, I do see. (Yoda impression)! 😅🤣 © joseph r mason 2020 https://amanpan.com/2020/06/13/eugis-weekly-prompt-brilliance-june-15-2020/
Hearts that bleed.
Photo by Dominika Kwiatkowska on Pexels.com I question now my attitude, or should I show contempt? Or should I show some gratitude? For that’s not what I meant. I did not want this gift at all, It goes against all natural laws, But I really don’t wish to appal But wait a mo, just pause…… …
Haiku on Gratitude.
Gratitude. An attitude ofgratitude is all that Godrequires of us now. ©joseph r mason 2020 https://wp.me/p4GrIP-gTz
Redemptive renewal
To talk too much before, That is preamble. To lose one’s every penny., That is a gamble. To hug a loved one tight, It’s called a cuddle The joy of welly boots, jumped in a puddle. To giggle while it’s done, Oh chortle, chortle. That all in the land believe, That is revival. Knowing death …
