A ‘Diablo’ poem
Children's laughter rings from the street
Spring's much absorbed by summer's heat
Innocence lies
I feel myself betrayed by youth
A father's love can't shade the truth
Although it tries
Eyes open, I know love deceives
Sure as the rainbows of the leaves
Sly sin of fate's
With passing years, I autumn more
Having accepted what's in store
My winter waits
Diablo?
- A poem of two, six-line, iambic stanzas.
- Each stanza:
- Lines 1,2,4 and 5, iambic tetrameter with rhymes at syllables 6 and 8.
- Lines 3 and 6, iambic dimeter with rhymes at syllables 2 and 4.
- Rhyme scheme:
- (a,b)(a,b)(c,d)(e,f)(e,f)(c,d)
- (g,h)(g,h)(i,j)(k,l)(k,l)(i,j)
W3 poetry prompt
This ‘Diablo’ poem was written for Steven S. Wallace’s W3 poetry prompt this week, which is to read Emily Dickinson’s ‘Superiority to Fate’ and then write a poem!
Moonwashed weekly prompt
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When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
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quite profound your weave of words David.
“I autumn more
Having accepted what’s in store
My winter waits”
Some fairy tales are worth the wait of truth.. xo 💗
💝🙏🏻 Cindy 🙏🏻💝
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The diablo is devilish for sure but like Emily Dickinson you triumph!
💜🙏🏻 Muri 🙏🏻💜
A wonderfully written and relatable piece, David. Your words flow beautifully and love your unique lines “Sly sin of fate’s With passing years, I autumn more”.
Excellent.
💗🙏🏻 Molly 🙏🏻💗
Powerfully, sadly, relatable
💞🙏🏻 Angela 🙏🏻💞
Do you really feel betrayed by youth? I can’t get my mind around that. (K)
Yes, by my foolish naiveté back then
I’m still foolish, so I don’t feel betrayed at all. Although now I know just how very much I don’t know. But I’ve always been clueless.
Fair enough ☺️
But of course now you’ve got me thinking about the concept of betrayal….
🤔 Kerfe 🤔
Me thinks you berate yourself ,Youth tends not to be wise,that would spoil the fun. I’ve Autumned into near Winter’s Snow. Up to my knees in coming Age.
🧡🙏🏻 Andrew 🙏🏻🧡
Fabulous piece, David. “A father’s love can’t shade the truth”- Wow💕
💝
Ooh… so true for so many!
💓🙏🏻 Annette 🙏🏻💓
So wonderful that you have the courage to write about it.
Truly admirable
💙🙏🏻 Abi 🙏🏻💙
Powerful expression of haunting truth…”I autumn more…” Amazing work David. Bravo!!
💛🙏🏻 Suzette 🙏🏻💛
“I Autumn more…” “sly sin of fates”. Powerful way of describing the aging process dude. 👍👍👏👏👌👌Don’t we all feel ourselves betrayed by youth?! 🙁
💚🙏🏻 Ken 🙏🏻💚 ~ indubitably
I wish that we could shuffle the seasons, like a deck of cards!
We can’t protect each other (or ourselves) from the past.
Thanks for sharing your thoughtful words. 🙏🏻
💕 Aspen 💕 ~ thank you!
~David