d’Verse Poets Pub – Poetics: For the love of puzzles . . .
Wow, this was some challenge, Lillian!
Persistance
proving the existence of
a dark, hidden planet is
like trying to puzzle the soft
essence of your heart
moving aside the hard parts formed
over years of heartache and climbing
obstacles you have planted to dash all
new pathfinders
but I will carry on, from
dawn to end of day
searching for a crack, some sign of
yielding to the tender
impulses hidden behind an alkali-
like reaction that keeps you safe
from the acidic touches you have known
until my heart can teach yours its gentle creed
— pale moon,
my friend
Poetics: For the love of puzzles . . .
I like how you use the hidden message as the final 2 lines of your poem and call it a “gentle creed.”
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Lovely, deep sentiments that shine out into the darkness.
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Powerful and immersing imagery!
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Lunariffic
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Lovely puzzle of a poem …..
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A \bit of mystery here … an enigma …. a puzzle!
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Wow, your imagery is as brightly written as that moon is pale!
❤
David
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Thanks!
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The soundtrack to this poem has to be “A whiter shade of pale”
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Oh, yes!
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This is beautiful, it like a prayer or a salutation.💜
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This is gorgeous!! 💝💝
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I love this! You’ve achieved the acrostic plus so very well….the sense of the poem hides the form. And the message is indeed, as Sanaa writes, gorgeous! The ending, these words “until my heart can teach yours its gentle creed” brought an audible sigh from me!
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Thanks, Lillian😊
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