calibrations

 

 

marketa has never written a poem

but countless songs

i have never written a song 

 

i wonder about this   is it a rhythm thing

 

~

 

is not dancing a kind of making love

when we dance

we are a little awkward   

 

is this a rhythm thing

 

~

 

i am impetuous   marketa is deliberate

careful to consider all sides

i jump in and suffer the consequences

 

i wonder if our rhythms are calibrated differently

 

~

 

a sonnet is fourteen lines   within those lines

there is room for variance   each to their own rhythm   n'est-ce pas

 

 

 

 

 





Poetry by one trick pony The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2026-03-11 at 22:31

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John Ashleigh The PoetBay support member heart!
This is interesting. Not even the content but your way with grammar. You hold it to account and tell it when to breathe. Thought provoking
2026-03-20


Editorial Team The PoetBay support member heart!
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2026-03-16


William Hughes The PoetBay support member heart!
I do know a few people who seem to have no sense of rhythm whatsoever. When they hear a catchy tune, everybody else is dancing or tapping their toes, but they sit dumbfounded. I think a poem does not necessarily have to have rhythm, but if it does it, like rhyming, should not appear forced. Innovative way of writing a sonnet.
2026-03-13


Sona The PoetBay support member heart!
Oh yes! To move on the beat is everything! Rhythm is omniscient. A beautiful one, otp.
2026-03-12


Griffonner The PoetBay support member heart!
Yes. How true, and such a nice way of getting to the thirteenth and fourteenth lines. :D Blessings, Allen
2026-03-12