"Poems from the Quill" is where I place current works that don't fall into other collections. It is here you will find obscure poems that range from constraint to free-verse. I began this collection as a contest entry, years ago, for what was then t...
Excel the coals of darken voids, fulfilling heights
Bring sparkle through those magical dots that nightly
Traipse across blacken skies, as eventide smites
Dour Helios, o'er his throne, is dimmed for rightly
Falls the King of Day, and evil rules in disgrace.
Yet, who in sight will doubt the return of grace.
A.N. The Rispetto poem is one of the oldest of Italian poetry styles. The Rispetto can have anywhere from eight to twelve syllable in eight lines (two quatrains), this one has ten to twelve syllable mostly using iambic rhythm with a rhyme scheme of abaababcc. The above photo is courteous of NASA.
