The Poet



Etching tales that run in trails along a parchment sheet
From feathered quill in trembling hand so longing now for sleep
As black ink drips down from the lip that rounds the pewter well
While a raven watches from his perch on the windowsill  

Fluttering flames dance above a pool of cooling wax
As the candle wanes away against a night of velvet black
Recalling long lost love again by the glow of candlelight
In a dreamlike state the poet writes… long into the night

Smouldering eyes upon the joy and sorrow of his life
Alone but for his tears the poet writes and writes and writes
Until he finds her there upon the shore of Evermore
Standing at the foot of heaven’s door… his sweet Lenore

His name a whisper on her lips above the ocean roar
Until the well runs dry and the poet writes no more
A broken quill on tearstained parchment in the early dawn
But the poem he wrote that velvet night…still lives on and on.

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Submitted on June 14, 2020

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Scheme XXAA XXBB XXCC CCXX X
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 937
Words 177
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1

Elaine C. George

Not to be confused with other poets by the name of Elaine George, I am Elaine Cecelia George, born on the 27th day of November in the year 1946 in the city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.   (Violin, Snowflake, A Winter Rose, From my Porch, The Love of a Gentleman, Where the Heart Resides, One Regret, The Tide of Time, and the Promise of Spring), have been published in various books and magazines and school books.  Some are being used as teaching tools for poetry classes offered on websites, most without my permission, nonetheless, I am honoured. One  poetry website has given credit to another Elaine George from England for my personification poem, 'SNOWFLAKE.  I have asked them several times to correct this, but it still remains unchanged. Since 2006, in addition to my books of poetry, I have had several short stories and A book entitled, 'Earthbound Angels made of Stone, A epic story written by me in a collaboration with The Canadian Photographer, Darren Creighton. I am currently writing a historical fiction thriller entitled, Out of the Darkness. I hope to have it completed before the year end. more…

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