Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Quartet of Eights


borrowed from shadowness.com


Quartet of Eights

“I prefer a quartet--it makes everyone
work harder.”--Adrian Belew.

Triolet

Worlds within worlds reflect
the overlapping dimensions we inhabit.
Realities most fail to even detect--
worlds within worlds reflect
homeostasis, universes to inspect;
conjuring dreams of riding a comet.
Worlds within worlds reflect
the overlapping dimensions we inhabit.

Ugalino

Rusting steel girders still span
over America’s many mighty rivers,
flexing under the heavy burden
as frantic commute traffic flows.

Flexing under the heavy burden
as frantic commute traffic flows
over America’s many mighty rivers
rusting steel girders still span.

Octave

A dozen street artists linked their joy
and painted Russian faces from Tolstoy.
Art from spray cans--no sign of a bucket,
men in fur hats, a peasant girl in a bonnet.
Soot-covered workers in a hellish factory,
several revolutionary soldiers celebrating victory.
Painted on the walls of a Tacoma parking garage,
until removed secondary to a city council barrage.

Unfettered

There is something gorgeous to be said
about particular unshackled poetry that emerges
from its den of cortical chrysalis
& sprouts huge wet wings,
luminescent rainbows of every hue,
translucent gossamer feathers strongly rooted,
as wild words transform into shape-shifting
heartfelt imaginative inexorable boundless poetics.


Glenn Buttkus

Posted over at dVerse Poets Poetics

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18 comments:

  1. WolfsrosebudApril 21, 2015 at 1:09 PM

    I do like poetry's wet wings

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  2. brudbergApril 21, 2015 at 1:17 PM

    Interesting examples .. I kind of liked the graffiti one, though I would have preferred that they kept those Russian motives.. But I can tell your comfort is with the free verse.. (BTW I almost never count my syllables.. I feel pentameter)..

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  3. Madeleine Begun KaneApril 21, 2015 at 1:20 PM

    A wonderful diverse selection of verse!

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  4. AnonymousApril 21, 2015 at 1:36 PM

    Has anyone ever accused you of being an overachiever? When I saw your title that was my first thought. I love all four of these various octets, all different but with the eight lines in common. Very nice. Peace, Linda

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  5. MaryApril 21, 2015 at 2:40 PM

    You are really good with form poetry, Glenn. I am a fan of the triolet and I really like yours in this. You were a glutton for punishment trying so many different forms...I do commend you.

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  6. GraceApril 21, 2015 at 3:08 PM

    I admire the different 8 but my favorite is the last one, words unfettered winging to boundless imaginative poetics ~

    Have a good week Glenn ~

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  7. GabriellaApril 21, 2015 at 4:26 PM

    You were very ambitious with your octets, Glenn. I think my favorite is the Ugalino. They are not as easy as they look to write but I like that the second stanza throws a different light on the subject matter.

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  8. AnonymousApril 21, 2015 at 6:56 PM

    you really rocked each one Glenn! 4-square :)

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  9. Katie Mia FrederickApril 21, 2015 at 10:55 PM

    Ah.. yes the unfettered
    freedom of eights that
    flow and go wherever
    creativity without thots
    does thoth's truth come
    true.. without thoughts
    of boundaries that sew
    heart and soul locked8..:)

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  10. AnonymousApril 21, 2015 at 11:34 PM

    a lot of good stuff like unshackling poetry and the homeostatic universese and the overlapping dimensions of reality

    Things Could Be More Reliable

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  11. grapelingApril 22, 2015 at 12:48 AM

    there *is* something to be said - and you said it well ~

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  12. Kathy ReedApril 22, 2015 at 9:53 AM

    Each stanza leads us onto into a different road, story, or idea, but most comfortable to me is the first one for its existential theme. However, all contain unique sound bites and have potential to take off and have lives of their own.

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  13. AnonymousApril 22, 2015 at 11:36 AM

    Ooh. I love all the four octets. Refined poetry at its best.
    Loved this bit in particular: "that emerges from its den of cortical chrysalis & sprouts huge wet wings".
    -HA

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  14. lynn__April 22, 2015 at 2:44 PM

    Impressed with your form poetry, but your wild words soar best unfettered!

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  15. C.C.April 22, 2015 at 2:50 PM

    I love the imagery of wild words transforming into boundless shape-shifting poetics :-) Lovely and full of passion.

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  16. AnonymousApril 22, 2015 at 6:29 PM

    although free verse may be your usual form, you have shown, today, that your skill is not limited to free verse, as you rocked form poems too!

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  17. TruedessaApril 22, 2015 at 8:18 PM

    Wow - I wasn't sure what I would find here so glad I came over. I enjoyed all of these, but you know my fave would be the first one..smiling. Worlds within worlds and a Triolet I've come to like this form as it can be a bit dramatic..wink..

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  18. AnonymousApril 22, 2015 at 9:02 PM

    Wonderful images in unfettered.
    The Ugalino is very interesting. I learned a new form today.

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