Cast

[grant hayes]

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[RhymeLovingWriter]

Dangerous waters here methinks...so glad it's just verse?

[grant hayes]

Rhymist, for shame! There's no such thing as 'just verse'!

[grant hayes]

Not ignorance, Rhymist; I just lean rather too heavily on long-shot allusions. I must learn to stop babbling to myself and address an audience.

[MHenry]

The understanding adds to the enjoyment, while the elusiveness adds to the wonderment.

[grant hayes]

Many thanks, MHenry, for being willing to understand and open to wonderment!

[Tanner]

OMG! The first 3 lines, a special YIKES! for "the pounded forest browning" - I bow down to your imagination, I think you have also been imbibing some Dylan Thomas brew,
as of late - the compactness, the tightness of imagery - one can suffocate in your conjuring..

[grant hayes]

I have imbibed Dylan for longer than late, Tanner; and have also soaked in Yeats, Blake, Donne, and the Bard; served a lengthy sentence pent in old time Bible, and tilled the ground of Old English. They are not all my heaven, but perhaps the salient constellations.

[MHenry]

Whether the meaning unfolds to the common mind, or not, the beauty of the words cannot be denied. One who has studied poetry and language and can bring such learning to bear upon their work with such vigor and force must wear the devil's crown with pride! Another mind expanding piece, O, Prince of Bards!

[grant hayes]

My main reason for posting was to show solidarity with those who rhyme. Admittedly, their works make more sense, but still ...

[MHenry]

The rhymes are well done. I did not notice them. My bad.

[grant hayes]

I am surprised that RhymeLovingWriter has not remarked on the fact that this piece actually RHYMES.

[RhymeLovingWriter]

I guess I was too naively concerned for your immortal soul to notice. Now that you point it out...I think part of it is that I've grown used to not expecting that from you (shame on me) and also because I don't stop at the line breaks when reading your verse, thereby softening the rhyming effect I so often employ like a sledge hammer. I like my rhyme, but I like more the 'flow' of a poem, and THAT you master beautifully! And by the way Grant, nice rhyme!

[grant hayes]

Now I can rest easy Of course, I shall resume my typical everything-but-the-rhyme shtick, but I tip my hat to you and the other skilled rhymers here, whose works really show how it's done.

[imrogue]

Very intriguing piece Grant! I like 'poised as a monk not master' and 'dying delves for light in the devil's crowning'. 👍🏼👍🏼

[grant hayes]

Hey, thanks for dropping by and reading imrogue.

[Suz-zen]

Whoa!!! Again!! Incredible write. What can i say that has not already been said? Well, how about granthayesian!? Yes, extremely so!

[grant hayes]

Degrees of granthayesian, Suz-zen? Next I shall become a unit of measurement for quantifying abstrusity, like Richter for earthquakes.😄

[Suz-zen]

for sure!! on the gh-Scale this measured a whopping 10.5!

[grant hayes]

Yes, it's high level abstrusity, Professor Zen. I understand that at such a level, the semantic plate buckles and Sue-namis are unleashed.