Sorry dear, I have this pain, Right across here, and here the same. It’s probably nothing, don’t make a fuss. I can see the doctor, I’ll go on the bus. I’ll be all right in the morning. Blue lights flash, and sirens wail, The patient looks bad and very pail. Race against time, race against …
Category: Poetry
The shipping forecast – A Poem.
© BBC 2019 This poem is quintessentially British and my followers from the Americas or other far flung lands may not appreciate the institution which is The Shipping Forecast. Broadcast on the BBC four times a day from very early each morning until late evening. The Shipping Forecast began after a powerful storm off the …
The difference between poetry and prose.
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 …
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/
