*This is a compilation of 3 unfinished poems…
I. Love
Love truly is incompatible with chains,
one must not utter love and obedience
in a single breath, neither love and compliance,
unlike a shrew, love can never be tamed!
Promising stagnation, love cannot be,
nor a memorandum of agreement
between hearts to keep bleeding like a saint
from stabbing doubts and sarcasms love is free!
II. Time
Time is a great healer, we say but how!
Can tomorrow ease the pain that is killing now?
It cannot hurt so much once we are gone
with the debts all paid what our life had loaned!
Perhaps the time that heals is not the time of hands
that move across the round, scribbled face behind
polished glasses, encased in platinum
but a different one that does not warp or bend!
III. Death
When the dead things
are coming back to life,
it hurts like hell,
almost as much as when
a life is snatched by Death
but o, an endless life
is more regretful than being dead,
ask Tithonus, how much he wants to die!
Image: The Endless Road by Ilia
Poems 
These 3 aspects of life…beautifully written thoughts in the form of poems
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they started out as separate ones but in the end got infused together.
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Time that heals… Not one of hands… Does not warp or bend… And so much more in this magnificent trio that resonates so truthfully. Once more the work of a master ‘wordmason’ !
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how do I thank thee, let me count the ways… 😀
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Reblogged this on DIVERGENTCANDOUR and commented:
Unfinished, they complete each other. An insightful compilation of poems.
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I hope you find my older posts enjoyable as well!
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It will take me a while to go through all of them. It is quite a formidable collection after all. But I will do my best.
– Ruth P.
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of course at your convenience… and thanks a lot again for the golden words!
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Oh, please, there is no need for thanks. I only give credit where credit is due. I also liked ‘Senryu’. It reads like a Haiku. Very strong, like a motion capture photograph of Icarus in flight.
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ok but I am only thanking because my gratitude is due 😉 I called it a Senryu because there is no reference to a season but I am not clear about their distinction, still.
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I think the main difference is in the tone, as far as I’m aware, with the Haiku being a serious nature poem and the Senryu being a funny human nature poem. But these days, I do believe the form itself is being used for a variety of expressions and not just as per the definitions of either poetry types.
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I agree. I think it is more a 5-7-5 than either a haiku or a senryu.
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No, not even that these days. Even though the Haiku and Senryu are traditional poetic forms, they have evolved as well. Modern Haiku does not always follow the 5-7-5 rule. Read this for quick reference:
http://startag.tripod.com/HkSenDiff.html
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great reference! thanks a lot!
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Glad that it helped! 🙂
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🙂
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Ah, Tithonus! “Me only cruel immortality consumes.” One of my favorite poems by Lord Tennyson. I am glad to see it mentioned here. Certainly ties the compilation together very neatly. Bravo!
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Tennyson is one of my favorite poets, though the top one is Shelley.
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Indeed, Shelley is a powerful poet. But then, everyone likes several poets. In many ways, Walt Whitman takes the top spot in my list. And they are all a delight to read.
– Ruth P.
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yes that is true and Whitman is one of my favorites too! who would not be in love with “When lilacs last in my dooryard bloom’d”?
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Quite true! Such beautiful descriptions, one could almost see the scene as he paints it with his words. There is also his ‘Song of Myself’. “Stop this day and night with me, and you shall possess the origin of all poems”. Absolutely spectacular!
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reading the 2nd one… missed it somehow… Song of Myself is of course a gem!
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With all these comments flying back and forth, that’s bound to happen.
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😀 yes I admit I love to talk about poetry almost as much as I love writing poems.
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Which shows in the plethora of creations you’ve shared with the world. 🙂
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now I am humbled!
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Credit where it is due. 🙂
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a truly noble policy, indeed! 😀
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Haha. An honest one, at least. Nobility follows on it’s heels, if one knows where to look.
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so it seems that I do.. 😀 keep shining!
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You sure do! 😀
You too! And have a great day!
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Thanks! May you have a peaceful weekend too!
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