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  September 2023     3 months ago

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Regret

REGRET

Regret should be old, worn out, tired, lost;
Not immortal, everlasting, new again,

  Each dawn forgetting what has gone before.
A must-see sense of something worse,
Inhibits making newer memories.

I will forgive their...

– by Peter Gartner

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Ambition

Ambition is a solid rock,
We smash our hopes against,
The captain of our ship,
Runs us...

– by Peter Gartner

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A New False Dawn

A NEW FALSE DAWN

A new false dawn has broken
Over the trees, pausing for a while,
Before the sense of disappointment
Ringing in our ears, shatters the hope
We had, like a careless ignorant boy,
Smashing a piece of glass into
...

– by Peter Gartner

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The Solace Of Eternity

THE SOLACE OF ETERNITY


  To see the sadness in the sun,
The solace of eternity;
To know, a singular distress

  Is unimportant, as the day
Rises with comfortable beams,
Impressing continuity,
Enough to pause distress, until...

– by Peter Gartner

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The Solace Of Eternity

THE SOLACE OF ETERNITY


To see the sadness in the sun,
The solace of eternity;
To know, a singular distress
Is unimportant, as the day
Rises with comfortable beams,
Impressing continuity,
Enough to pause...

– by Peter Gartner

 70 Views
added 1 year ago
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Thank you.

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A gorgeous, wonderful poem with such a light dancing rhythm.

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What, technically, is the variable metre he uses ?

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