| General Poetry posted August 26, 2010 |
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Balnk Verse III Contest Entry
Fly Free My Love
by fionageorge
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I sit and watch you gasp for breath, for life Your sunken eyes reflective of your pain I know you’ve fought to stay with me so long Your time on earth is coming to an end I hold your hand, so frail, so weak, so thin As I recall the memories we made We had hard times, but we had lots of fun I don’t think I can live without you, dear We met when we were teenagers, so young Just seventeen, they said it would not last Now fifty years of happiness will end When very soon you will no longer be I hold you close and see your pretty face The ravages of cancer left their mark Although each day I’ve asked for miracles I realise now that I must let you go Fly free, dear heart, fly free to God above Your presence and your love pervades my soul I know we’ll meet once more at heaven’s gate Until that day I’ll live with memories Your fingers squeeze my hand to bid farewell As slowly you let out a final sigh Your face relaxes, all your lines now gone Your spirit stays and helps me through the dark |
Blank Verse III contest entry
 Recognized |
Contest Entry: Blank Verse
Blank verse is verse written in iambic pentameter (da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM) without rhyme. Shakespeare often used it. For this contest, no end rhymes, either true or proximate, are allowed. No internal or true rhymes are allowed in the same line (they may be in consecutive lines.)
True rhymes--ones in which the ending vowel and consonantal sounds are the same. (e.g. fate/late)
Proximate rhymes--ones in which the ending vowel sound is the same, but the ending consonantal sounds differ.
(e.g. time/nine)
End rhymes--rhyming words at the end of a line.
Thank you once again, Angelheart, for the use of your stunning artwork. I fel this one entitled 'Golden Angel' was just right for this poem.
Pays
one point
and 2 member cents. Blank verse is verse written in iambic pentameter (da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM) without rhyme. Shakespeare often used it. For this contest, no end rhymes, either true or proximate, are allowed. No internal or true rhymes are allowed in the same line (they may be in consecutive lines.)
True rhymes--ones in which the ending vowel and consonantal sounds are the same. (e.g. fate/late)
Proximate rhymes--ones in which the ending vowel sound is the same, but the ending consonantal sounds differ.
(e.g. time/nine)
End rhymes--rhyming words at the end of a line.
Thank you once again, Angelheart, for the use of your stunning artwork. I fel this one entitled 'Golden Angel' was just right for this poem.
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