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the infernal forgotten
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close enough to a sonnet i saw faces in the fire,
souls entrenched in the depths of hell,
rotted flesh in the wretched mire,
leprous corpses and their rancid smell.
bold and beholden, heroes of old,
cowardly and dastardly, of heaven annulled.
moaning and weeping, gnashing of teeth,
souls there indwelling suffer void of relief.
"Lazarus! Lazarus! quench me a drop!
spare me my torment one moment to stop!"
all the Lord's warnings earthly they spurned,
over their lusts living they yearned.
here lies at rest... on stone was engraved,
o'er the infernal forgotten and eternal depraved.
reject not Christ's mercies or else you shall be
as all who are cast into the fiery sea...
Now to hear this being read
Now to hear this being read aloud! It's sound quality is so pristine it needs to be vocalised.
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Bard, Do you have a
Bard,
Do you have a platform you'd recommend? I really want to read aloud my gybbr ysh poem!
"Paper is patient." - Anne Frank
Soundcloud is the "simplest"
Soundcloud is the "simplest" formatted platform, all in one online, venue platform, that you can use for free within minutes of signing up.
here is poetry that doesn't always conform
galateus, arkayye, arqios,arquious, crypticbard, excalibard, wordweaver
Appreciate it! I'll look into
Appreciate it! I'll look into it as soon as I have the chance!
"Paper is patient." - Anne Frank
I have, in previous comments,
I have, in previous comments, been a little verbose---because your poems and prose are so excellent that I just can't keep my mouth shut.
This poem, however, is so excellent that the only word I can think of to describe it is WOW!
I will leave it at that. Nothing I could say further would be worthy in the face of this magnicient poem.
Starward
To keep the final couplet?
I began this poem as a short story, but it wanted to be a poem so I set it to verse instead. Originally it was the ababcdcdefefgg... English Sonnet, a method I like to employ sometimes, but decided to add an hh rhyme at the end. Not sure whether to keep the last couplet or drop it for the English Sonnet.
"Paper is patient." - Anne Frank
In my opinion, do not change
In my opinion, do not change anything, not a single detail.
I say this because a poem like this has a major, and overriding, spiritual purpose that makes any concern as to form and format a secondary concern at best. The last two lines are an integral part of the poem. You can write other sonnets on almost any other subject; but since this poem was given to you in the form in which you have posted it---do not alter, or tinker with, its integral parts.
Starward