Still Waiting
The summer is dead
Night draws closer with each day
Yet dead light clings tight
On Time
Time. It's a simple thing. It just kinda passes and most of the time we're in the flow and just don't care. But while we're thinking about that other stuff part of our brains still remain parked where we left them. They're churning over what we've done, what we've written and how we wrote it. But they also moves things around. Things once so familiar are given distance.
So we have a tool. Time. When you're in a rush to craft your masterpiece remember one thing. Time grants objectivity. If you look at a piece the moment after you write it you will see perfection. This is because your brain is still wrapped into the shape of the words. You can't separate yourself. So give yourself a week. It may seem long and your excitement may make it difficult to tolerate but I promise you it will be worth it. Time grants objectivity and when it comes time to edit, your work will be infinitely better for the break.
Sitting Out
Rough cloth poncho warmth
Stars burned dark through light too strong
Cold breeze cuts upward
Apparently a Triolet
I'm not sure. The meter seems... strange... Oh well!
I'm really disliking the obviousness of the words. I should probably be shot for actually using "angst", "hate" and "pain". Either that or I should start writing dodgy goth poetry...
Would you like to join us today?
No pain, no angst, no hate, just words
Come here, come forth, know my true name?
Would you like to join us today?
Life's is too damned short to stay away
This is your one chance to be heard
Would you like to join us today?
No pain, no angst, no hate, just words
I tried to keep each line to 8 syllables but it just doesn't read/flow right... I think the weakest line is actually "Would you like to join us today?".
Short Summer
Flashfire dawn my dear
Things done, things said, sear us not
Next time it may last
Triolet Template
1: Repeated line one - Rhyme one
2: Repeated line two - Rhyme two
3: Write anything - Rhyme one
4: Repeated line one - Rhyme one
5: Write anything - Rhyme one
6: Write anything - Rhyme two
7: Repeated line one - Rhyme one
8: Repeated line two - Rhyme two
Options...
- Iambic tetrameter
- Iambic pentameter
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