Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Vulcan Blues
To talk about the way you feel
How is it easily revealed?
And when I talk, I stop and start
I loathe discerning my own heart.
And when you talk, it's fancy free
You're spinning circles round of me.
You've lapped me thrice, before I start
begrudgingly reveal my heart.
But not so freely, how I edit
And why I bother, that's your credit
Without your prod, I surely would not.
Except your model, surely could not.
I'd rather logic, reason, sense
Ad nauseam, at your expense.
And when I finish, something clear
Not muddled feelings held not dear!
Like nitroglyc'rin, TNT
Emotions sabotaging me!
If only could divorce from me
These mongrel dogs of mutiny!
You love your feelings. Me? I loathe them!
I seek divorce, while you betroth them.
I'm missing out? I guess that's true.
I'm less one mongrel on my crew.
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Okay this one is a second attempt at iambic tetrameter. I was a little bit less disciplined (more artistic) than last time. Some lines end with a "feminine" rhyme (which I hear is okay actually, and not cheating) but I wonder about some of the 3 and 4 syllable words that have the accent on the first syllable or third syllable, if that works or it was too forced. I of course offered a reading to "cheat" how it's intended to sound anyway :)
As far as the subject matter, I guess it's kinda weird, someone who writes poetry not wanting to talk about his feelings *shrug*
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ha. feelings def cloud our decisions and make life messy...i dont think we can divorce them though...we just have to learn how to live with them....
ReplyDeleteObi, this is really good man. I love the rhyme scheme of AA, BB. What I love most about your piece is you use slant rhyme and make it work. I loathe lazy rhyme. Clearly your end-rhymes are not easy choices but are there for a reason--purposeful. Nice write sir.
ReplyDeleteIambic tetrameter takes practice and I'm pleased to see you are sticking with it. Feminine endings mess with the logic in my mind but I think you managed them well. I rarely use them when writing in meter. Perhaps I'm too strict with myself.
ReplyDeleteWonderful work.
I don't yet understand all the modes of poetry, that being said I love the poem. I like the flow, the rhyme and the message.
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