Priorities
by stu pidasso
7July2010
(a terzanelle using acrid, bane and tepid)
Each of us must choose our separate way
In the manner we live from week to week
Each of us must choose our separate way
What other men opt, who else would speak
It is none other's to approve or to disdain
In the manner we live from week to week
My own actions led to my family's bane
The consequences of which I find acrid
It is none other's to approve or too disdain
Will my heart, to life, be eternally tepid?
Can I muster the will to find a new wife?
The consequences of which I find acrid
I fear prioritizing the things in my life
To place importance of one over another
Can I muster the will to find a new wife?
Which to honor more; God, kids or other?
Each of use must choose our separate way
To place importance of one over another
Each of us must choose our separate way
1343 - Allegro Non Troppo
6 days ago
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I like the construction, like the way this built. I was unaware of this poetry form. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThis works very well.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you've expressed this.
ReplyDeleteyou did well on the form, as if it wasn't there hidden in another voice... it is an eye opener to view a man's words regarding the pressure to find a wife... interesting dilemma for a man must to contend with
ReplyDeleteThank you, all. It was a bit difficult to work this one out and have the meaning come through how I was imaging it. But that is the mechanics of writing, eh? There are a few spots in it where the meaning can be taken in several ways, and I think that lends to the concept of free will. We each get to choose how we think it is worded and what it is supposed to mean.
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