Speechless. Saturday Oct 9, 2010

Divorce Bard's Blog

...Iambic pentameter is for the ear. Read it out loud.

Divorce Bard

Location: pretty how town, USA
Birthday: February 13

Bio: While the ashes of marriage #2 were cooling, I began a journal here in verse, to keep myself out of trouble. So far so good, and one day at a time. I took a hiatus this past January, and I missed it terribly. Writing daily had changed the way I think - not my opinions, but the process of thinking itself. So here I am back again, and hungry. I began with three rules: (1) Iambic pentameter, (2) Perfect rhyme, and (3) It had to be true (no hyperbole). I hereby amend rule number 3: If I'm writing about myself, yes, it has to be true. But it doesn't, if I want to tell a story.

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A Valentine to My Two Kids. Tuesday Feb 14, 2012
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MY RECENT COMMENTS

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Divorce Bard's Links

December: 12/31/10 A Very Small Thing; 12/30/10 Anonymous #11 (A Villanelle); 12/29/10 Block; 12/28/10 Coffee #6 (A Triloet); 12/27/10 Anonymous #10; 12/26/10 12" Predicted; 12/25/10 Anonymous #9; 12/24/10 Rant #2; 12/23/10 Personal Ad; 12/22/10 After Moore: VIII (Goodnight #38); 12/21/10 After Moore: VII; 12/20/10 After Moore: VI; 12/19/10 After Moore: V; 12/18/10 After Moore: IV; 12/17/10 After Moore: III; 12/16/10 After Moore: II; 12/15/10 After Moore: I; 12/14/10 -7 c.; 12/13/10 Tannenbaum; 12/12/10 A Walk; 12/11/10 Anonymous #8 (Rain Predicted); 12/10/10 Diphthong; 12/9/10 December Drive; 12/8/10 Recounting #2; 12/7/10 Driving Home; 12/6/10 Goodnight #37; 12/5/10 Mask; 12/4/10 Anonymous #7; 12/3/10 First #2; 12/2/10 Missed; 12/1/10 Goodnight #36
November: 11/30/10 Goodnight #35; 11/29/10 5 Syllables; 11/28/10 Sanctuary; 11/27/10 Solomon Moment; 11/26/10 Goodnight #34; 11/25/10 Gratitude; 11/24/10 Macy's; 11/23/10 First; 11/22/10 Dear Old; 11/21/10 I Um...; 11/20/10 Their Absence; 11/19/10 Anonymous #6; 11/18/10 So There; 11/17/10 Late Autumn; 11/16/10 Rescue; 11/15/10 Award; 11/14/10 Fantasia; 11/13/10 Support Network; 11/12/10 Listen; 11/11/10 Parts of Speech; 11/10/10 Errant; 11/9/10 Curiosity; 11/8/10 Memoirs; 11/7/10 Hunter; 11/6/10 Cusp; 11/5/10 Balance Due #2; 11/4/10 Carmen; 11/3/10 Coffee #5; 11/2/10 Easy Now; 11/1/10 On/Off
October: 10/31/10 Treat; 10/30/10 Goodnight #33; 10/29/10 Goodnight #32; 10/28/10 Two Thousand; 10/27/10 Spanish Prisoner; 10/26/10 Doohickey; 10/25/10 Deadline Met; 10/24/10 Goodnight #31; 10/23/10 App #2; 10/22/10 App; 10/21/10 Goodnight #30; 10/20/10 Homework; 10/19/10 Goodnight #29; 10/18/10 Cat Lady; 10/17/10 Cosmology; 10/16/10 Where I Sleep; 10/15/10 At Last (Goodnight #28); 10/14/10 Beginner Band; 10/13/10 Coffee #4; 10/12/10 Divorce Papers (Goodnight #27); 10/11/10 To a Sprite; 10/10/10 Poetry Fu; 10/9/10 Speechless; 10/8/10 Porch Light #2; 10/7/10 Anonymous #5; 10/6/10 Anonymous #4; 10/5/10 Anonymous #3; 10/4/10 Goodnight #26; 10/3/10 Next Door: 408; 10/2/10 Next Door: 412; 10/1/10 Oops
September: 9/30/10 Weather Report #2; 9/29/10 Shared Custody #3; 9/28/10 Seuss Story #2; 9/27/10 Reason; 9/26/10 Shared Custody #2; 9/25/10 Globalisation; 9/24/10 AL 288-1; 9/23/10 Equinox; 9/22/10 Temptation; 9/21/10 Seuss Story; 9/20/10 Goodnight #25; 9/19/10 Left Brain; 9/18/10 Present Company Excepted; 9/17/10 Flu; 9/16/10 Goodnight #24; 9/15/10 Goodnight #23; 9/14/10 Homework Question; 9/13/10 Bustle; 9/12/10 Security; 9/11/10 Antiphonal; 9/10/10 Quiet Muse; 9/9/10 Anonymous #2; 9/8/10 Fable; 9/7/10 Anonymous; 9/6/10 Dinner With the Kids; 9/5/10 Pets #4; 9/4/10 Pets #3; 9/3/10 Sunflowers #3; 9/2/10 Balance Due; 9/1/10 Agreement #2
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OCTOBER 9, 2010 11:58PM

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There is no special power in my hands,
Or in my eyes; I cannot cast a spell.
The stuff from islands and exotic lands
Is not in me. The stories I can tell
Are small, and bound to earth. No one takes flight,
There are no ugly hexes to rescind,
No evil eyes that haunt you in the night,
Or spirits, good or bad, upon the wind.
And grace is not the province of my speech.
I have no magic talent for the tales
Of giving it, or finding it in reach.
Instead, I shuffle out-of-place details
And hope that something I can say will please.
And wish that words come raining down with ease.

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Thine words doth come down with ease-
to ponder upon, to smile and to please.
'tis a nightly pleasure to read your tales
of life's gentler moments in your ways.
~R

FusunA

October 10, 2010 12:09 AM

Yet the tales you tell are ones that reach to the very core of the heart!
What greater journies are there?
r -

delete account

October 10, 2010 12:12 AM

And grace is not the province of my speech.
I have no magic talent for the tales
Of giving it, or finding it in reach.

Thought one of your rules was it has to be true.

consonantsandvowels

October 10, 2010 12:12 AM

What you write and say IS magical. Don't every doubt it or yourself, my friend.

Little Kate

October 10, 2010 12:13 AM

Day after day, you make it look so easy. That's magician's work.

ladyslipper

October 10, 2010 12:38 AM

Yes!!

heidibeth

October 10, 2010 12:59 AM

islands are overrated
some people long for autumn's fierce colors and mountain cold

and iambic pentameter with perfect rhyme? that is magic to me

vanessa seijo

October 10, 2010 01:05 AM

beautiful poem, I can understand the longing to weave such magic. you do, you know, perhaps not as you imagine.

Oryoki Bowl

October 10, 2010 01:24 AM

These days magic does confer
Powers I would most prefer
Were not so casual to command
By the rulers of our land.
Demon machines to soar like owls
With death encased within their bowels,
Spells that speed through space like light
Summon disaster from the night,
A subtle grin, a wink of eye
And populations scream and die.
Better magic is confined
To break of day, to peace of mind
When gentle breezes tremble leaves
And one knows gifts one receives.

Jan Sand

October 10, 2010 02:17 AM

Dearest Bard, Come to our side of your words to see what we see, feel what we feel, ponder what we think and how we dream and how we laugh and grin and sigh. Every visit we make to your page is one we make to a friend, one we make to sit by your side as you look at all there is of life. Special power, magic spells: you have all of this and more. More because midst all the rest, we find grace to be the province of your speech.

anna1liese

October 10, 2010 08:25 AM

Instead, I shuffle out-of-place details
And hope that something I can say will please.
And wish that words come raining down with ease.

Very nice, indeed. And I promise never to use an umbrella. I love walking in the rain .....

From The Midwest

October 10, 2010 08:55 AM

Visits to your page are like rain...oft falling within the desert of our thirsty hearts and minds. Thank you again Bard. R

A Persistent Muse

October 10, 2010 09:48 AM

The talent and magic within this left me speechless. ;-)

pastvoices

October 10, 2010 02:28 PM

"I have no magic talent for the tales"
I beg to differ, sir. your talent IS magic.

trilogy

October 10, 2010 03:19 PM

you do please. how else can the pleasure derived from reading you be explained?

Renatta Laundry

October 10, 2010 05:27 PM

And something you have said did please.

Brassawe

October 10, 2010 08:30 PM

And wish that words come raining down with ease :) r

hugs, me

October 11, 2010 12:15 AM

No one takes flight,
There are no ugly hexes to rescind,
No evil eyes that haunt you in the night,
Or spirits, good or bad, upon the wind.

Whoo-oo ... I thi-ink you're wro-ong ...

Kim Gamble

October 11, 2010 01:35 AM

Okay! Okay! Thanks a million everyone, I was actually trying to respond to another poem and say something like I-wish-I-could-give-you-what-you-are-asking-for-but-I-can't. It came out wrong, but wow, what a lot of nice things to say! I am just bowled over by you all.

Fusun, You've been reading for a long time. There have been some not-so-gentle ones too. Thanks for sticking with it.

Whale, Where Yhou Bheen?

c&v, it's complicated. but technically speaking, you and I are expressing *opinions*, no? Editorial license. (Inapoem???)

Kate, you are so sweet. I wish I could write you into a happy place.

ladyslipper, that is one of the highest compliments I could hope for (making it look easy). Thank you, a thousand times thank you.

heidibeth, OK!

vanessa, I'm going to have to go back and look at the witches' scene in MacBeth. I'll get back to you.

Oryoki, thank you too. If there's any magic, it's in the favorable comments I get back -- like the applause that brings Tinkerbell back to life.

Jan, oh man, you went all dark on me. Come back.

anna1, wow! That was beautiful! (And thanks!)

Midwest, great image. Thanks.

Muse, really, really sweet. Thank you.

pastvoices, you too. Thank you.

trilogy, then why is it so darn much work? It ain't rainin' here, lemme tell you.

Renatta! (Oh nuts! I missed your last post! Don't be afraid to send me a note!)

Brassawe, thanks man. Hope I wasn't too hard on you last night.

hugs, I'm telling you, at 1:30 in the morning I could use a little more ease, sometimes.

Kim! Getting ready for Halloween? (Hey, do you guys do trick-or-treating?)

Thanks again everyone. Oh MAN look at the time. Nuts.

Goodnight.