"Flights of Angels Sing Thee" ~ Trimeric ~ Mindful Poetry ~ Wednesday Writing Essential

 

Sir Thomas Lawrence  ~ English Actor, John Philip Kemble as Hamlet in 1802

 

 

 

Flights of Angels Sing Thee

The Soul is ever the castaway, adrift upon seas of troubles and fortune;

While pensive minds dare speculate in those undiscovered countries,

With tender hearts, aching for those travelers that have gone,

And for those earthly enterprises that have all turned awry.

While pensive minds dare speculate in those undiscovered countries,

Those dreaming realms where some find a dark and vast desolation,

While others find themselves in copious gardens of joy and noble delights.

With tender hearts, aching for those travelers that have gone,

And all that shall ever go, or go before us, into those unknown vales,

For the heart fears nothing more than, it does, the terror of oblivion.

And for those earthly enterprises that have all turned awry,

They ripple, a mere instant, in this furious river that is time.

Think, instead, upon those more splendid moments,

For these will resound, forever ~ in your eternal mind.

~ Mustafa Demiri

 

 

This poem comes of two separate inspirations, one coming from having been introduced to the Trimeric form of poetry by Susan Budig, as this is her Mindful Poetry form of the month; And the other being the brilliantly written prompt and literary exercise supplied by Kimberly Blackadar, who is doing a marvelous job on Wednesday's Gather Writing Essential.

 

Trimeric: Mindful Poetry's Form-of-the-Month for December, 2011

 

Wednesday’s Prompt: Not to Be!

Write a response without any verbs of being and at least one allusion to Shakespeare. Post poetry, prose, a memoir, nonfiction, or an essay. (Due to the difficulty of writing without any verbs of being, consider a shorter response this week. Poetry, in truth, will be easier to write than prose.)

2. Post to Gather Writing Essential.

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4. Include (Wednesday Writing Essential) as part of your title.

5. Make your submission(s) by next Tuesday afternoon.

6. There is a limit of three submissions from each member per day. If you’re extremely prolific, spread out your work and post only three submissions per day.