Seeking for truth, men delve in the past,
read words from dead scrolls, drown in green waste,
tear flesh from the gods, gnawing their bones. A bitter taste
taints underworld cups, with venom well laced.
Poison drains from their minds, that seeped from the past,
where dogma was found. Wearing robes of the night,
false priests poise their knives... to blight
the children we bear, blinding their sight.
"How long must this last?
How long?" good men ask.
Seas can support and keep us afloat,
so why should we drown in wrecks cast upon rocks?
We may hold our course steady, avoiding the crash,
if we hold out our hands to those who are lost
seeking for truth. Men delve in the past,
and buoyed up by learning, add wisdom to life,
unless mired in the depths of sectarian strife.
When men keep to the surface where breezes hold sway
filling their sails, enjoying each day
skimming the waves, with their eyes on the mast,
poison drains from their minds, that seeped from the past.
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Author Notes
I was introduced to The Fusion Sonnet by treischel in his recent excellent example, "Cash" posted on 21st July. It was invented by the Greek poet, Yannis Livadas (born in 1969), and popularized by Sonnet Mondal. It has 21 lines rather than the the typical 14. The fusion comes from blending in 4 lines of free verse at lines 11 through 14. It has a strict structure and rhyme scheme, but a flexible meter. Here are the rules:
14 line Poem followed by a half sonnet of 7 lines acting as a coda or tail to add additional stability to the poem. No particular meter is followed fusing it with the modern free verse style.
The rhyme scheme is:
A1, b,b,b, A2, c,c,c, (4 lines free verse)----A1, d,d,e,e,A2, where the capital letters indicate repeated lines.
First Fourteen Lines:
Negative and pessimistic note in the first 10 lines.
Rhetorical questions in 9th & 10th lines.
Free verse carrying Optimistic Tone in 11th, 12th,13 & 14th Lines.
Volta gradually through 9th, 10th and 11th lines.
Next Seven Lines:-The Half Sonnet acting as a coda.
Further volta towards the end.
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