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Saturday, August 17, 2013

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The summer morning heat and a clear sky,
Starlings fly, I retreat
To a dream that's incomplete --
Old age makes me obsolete

2 comments:

Jinksy said...: You managed to make me smile at the same time as giving a sigh of recognition at these sentiments. lol :); August 18, 2013 at 12:28 AM
Jim714 said...: Thanks for taking the time to post. I'm happy the poem spoke to you.

Jim; August 18, 2013 at 7:20 AM

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Welcome to Shaping Words

My name is Jim Wilson and I am your host. Shaping Words is dedicated to the exploration of formal syllabic verse in English. Formal syllabic verse is poetry that has a set form which is determined by counting the syllables of the lines of the specific form. In formal syllabic verse words are shaped to the specific form of the type of verse being written. Hence the title of this blog: Shaping Words.

Formal syllabic verse has a wide variety of forms including Cinquain, Tetractys, Lanterne, as well as imported forms such as Haiku, Renga, and Tanka when the poet follows their traditional syllabic structure. This blog will offer poems from these many forms as well as occasional posts on the place of syllabic verse in English.

Above all Shaping Words hopes to be an enjoyable place for people to visit. Thank you for visiting Shaping Words and I look forward to hearing from you.