Posted by Brad Osborne on May 15, 2023 · 15 Comments
Kings and countries come and go,
From pauper to prince, I’ve been…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 14, 2023 · 6 Comments
A thousand words said a picture’s worth,
But these do not speak to me at all,
Wonderous world of the moment seen,
Unrevealed by the thin and small…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 13, 2023 · 11 Comments
A shadow in the dark,
A fire without spark…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 12, 2023 · 11 Comments
Personally, I like the rhyme scheme and the repetitive final line of each stanza. I also appreciate the flexibility of this form in terms of how long or short the poem can be.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 11, 2023 · 9 Comments
Your hands will never touch,
All the things I feel…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 10, 2023 · 11 Comments
For when the axe-man came,
Her beauty was to blame…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 9, 2023 · 15 Comments
To the pretty girls, running slow,
Who let us steal playground kisses…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 7, 2023 · 14 Comments
I have sought a thousand lifetimes,
In the seconds that are you…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 6, 2023 · 8 Comments
Wicked woven in midnight trance,
A magic called by Shaman’s dance…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 5, 2023 · 15 Comments
As you might guess from the name, Cyrch A Chwta is a Welsh poetic form. And like many Welsh forms, this poem involves both end rhymes and internal (or cross) rhymes.
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