Life
Ravaged forests again take root
Life nestling within the sturdy acorn
Cannot be throttled
Ashes reborn yield bitter fruit
Fragrance scattered upon the winds
Cannot be bottled
The Old and the New
What shall Lord and land and hall and bower
Castle and fen and glade and tower
Say to a world of Facebook and iron birds?
“Well, Google us to find the words!”
Featured Image: “A Storm in the Rocky Mountains” by Albert Bierstadt.
Fine work, Adam. You really do need to get into Chinese sounds, characters, and even tones to counteract whatever remains…
Lines 11 and 12 do need heavy revision. I would suggest the following, as a way to tighten them up:…
Norman, I very much like the concept of your sonnet, moving from classical masks to the rough equivalent in cyberreality.…
Norman, I like your rhymes, particularly the ending with "odious" and "Janus." Your subject and message are well thought out…
"Belief and Righteousnss," as title and refrain, unify your poem, Rusty, and give it an emphatic quality that well serves…
Thanks for the picture, to whoever chose it. It is splendid.