Born of Hope or Madness

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable. Voltaire

Viator: The Tears Will Come

The tears will comewith unbridled melodyteetering on the cuspof heartfelt ceremonyHold fragility dearthe tears will comein abandon of fearlet then hope succumbBound until numbwe remember or forgetthe tears will comepaths forged from regretSpent in a dazebeyond the total sumforever and alwaysthe tears will come The viator is a poetic form invented by Robin Skelton.The first …

By Chance

OnlyBy chanceDear wayfarerBeyond the paleWill you find the accidental trailYet, bySeekingA shroud will guidenight and dayAs if there can be no other way "Do I need to wear this helmet?" "Of course not. If you fall you can just get a new head from the store." I fear, I hope,And in hesitationI fumble ASuccessful Hail …

Gwawdodyn: Belief

Desperation aids faith through beliefMystical hope can welcome reliefBut suffering sin, is an act withinNothing but time helps release the grief Quatrain form with an ab rhyme scheme.The gwawdodyn is a Welsh poetic form with a of couple variations. However, both versions are comprised of quatrains (4-line stanzas) that have a 9/9/10/9 syllable pattern and …

Senryū: Think Bigger

let nations unite our desired outcome . . . . . w a i t sUnited World Day United Nations Day