Posts tagged with "heart"

Pilgrim River

Pilgrim River

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

November 28, 2023

How mighty flows this pilgrim river,A rush of seeking hearts traversingLife and fate with just a mur

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Censure

Censure

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

November 21, 2023

A drowsy slow sun clambers the horizonAnd from disarrayed sky casts eye sullenly,From start of wakin

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Redeeming Nod

Redeeming Nod

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

November 16, 2023

I have sailed the choppy hours relentless,My old oar and keel grating and groaningThrough lashing we

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These Flames

These Flames

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

March 21, 2023

And what then, what if Thou didst annulThe brief circuit of long-sought pilgrimage,Rendered our daem

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The Privilege

The Privilege

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

February 27, 2023

A crucible of stories is this globe,Brewed with lives simmered by a sun,Churned by hands of eve and

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Maker & Denier

Maker & Denier

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

February 24, 2023

A moment’s spell is all it tookFor the soul-rite accomplished in heart,By formulae higher than any s

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Deny Not

Deny Not

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

February 20, 2023

From how many visages wouldst Thou frownDampening each limb of my fervent ardour,Yanking every step

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Diminished

Diminished

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

February 19, 2023

Oh what a world is this,Daggered with pettiness and avariceMaiming unwary selves with hobbling wound

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Thy Mule

Thy Mule

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

February 15, 2023

I have borne the dull and the uneaseThat infest the twilight of a sleeping earth,I crawl through the

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Worshipping Verse

Worshipping Verse

Sonnet — An Invocation To The Master

May 24, 2022

Not to be sheathed is the sword forged,Nor heroes for the hearth fire made,Not to be unkissed a maid

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Thy Passion

Thy Passion

Sonnet — An Invocation to the Master

April 11, 2022

Oh here is but crude prose of labouring limbs,In pouring perspiration on life’s rushing pageOur stor

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Hard Won

Hard Won

Sonnet — An Invocation to the Master

April 3, 2022

How dost Thou feel the passage of our centuries,Our crowded canvas brushed with harried breathDrawin

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Of Pride

Of Pride

Poem — An Invocation to the Master

March 22, 2022

My voice inward turned whispering accused,“Of pride, thy counsellor, I must speak,A subtle haughtine

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Ends of the Ages

Ends of the Ages

Poem — An Invocation to the Master

March 18, 2022

What expense of thought and feeling have I sparedIn pursuit and worship of Thee who art yet afar?Ric

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To Linger Thus

To Linger Thus

Sonnet — An Invocation to the Master

February 18, 2022

Mine is no shopkeeper-heart that doth haggleFor every sliver of ardour and feeling,Unasked I gush fo

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All I Owe

All I Owe

Sonnet — An Invocation to The Master

January 5, 2022

My hours in a procession do passLike pilgrims to vow of silence given,In each hour something sacred

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Our Quarrel

Our Quarrel

Poem — An Invocation to The Master

December 18, 2021

In my heart are rocky vasts solid and mute,I hew them with thought and mint my wordsTo craft for The

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Uncommon Throne

Uncommon Throne

Sonnet — An Invocation to The Master

December 2, 2021

Must I like a petty heart take offenceWhen in long years Thou remainest silent,Though my entreaties

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All Thine

All Thine

Poem — An Invocation to The Master

December 1, 2021

In the siege of events that pressA brief moment’s interlude intrudes,The heart remembers its vassalh

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Journey

Journey

Sonnet — An Invocation to The Master

November 6, 2021

My means were meagre and mind so poor,The heart vainly besotted, nerves so frail,A commonplace will

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I Will Yet

I Will Yet

Sonnet — An Invocation to The Master

October 22, 2021

What tyranny hast Thou wrecked upon meCharging on soul with love’s power absolute?What human heart t

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