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 The second of my collections of poems written for "Express It In Eight." |
| As usual these days, I choose blog format because it offers more space for the work. |
| Apology to a Nightingale Iāve never heard a nightingale at least, I wouldnāt know, as their prevailing tale maintains they sing on high not low and being far beyond my sight Iād have no clue indeed whose song it be on that dark night, which bird my ear doth feed. Line count: 8 Rhymed abab (but see Note) For Express It In Eight, 03.04.25 Prompt: āOde to a Nightingaleā by John Keats. Note: I have cheated slightly on the rhyme scheme in the third line. The rhyme is there but itās internal instead of at the end. |
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Dan is a poet; I can point out at least one of ID's songs that has a perfectly symmetrical syllable count. Ryan leaves more up to the skill of his voice...
