As on a sunny afternoon…

January 11, 2009 By upinvermont in Gillespie, Patrick, Iambic Pentameter, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, Sonnet, Spiritual Tags: Best Poetry Blog, Better Poetry Blog, Breeze, Child, Forget-me-not, Formal, Formal Poem, Formal Poetry, Formalist, Formalist Poem, Formalist Poetry, Gillespie, Patrick, Good Poetry Blog, Great Poet, Great Poetry Blog, Great Poets, Iambic Pentameter, Jest, May, Meter, modern iambic pentameter, Modern Sonnet, Poetry, Rhyme, Seasons, Shakespearean Sonnet, Sonnet, Sunny Afternoon 13 Comments

As on a sunny afternoon

Song to my Soul

January 8, 2009 By upinvermont in Formal Poetry, Gillespie, Patrick, Iambic Tetrameter, Meter, Octosyllabic, Poetry, Rhyme, Song, Spiritual Tags: Breasts, Death, Earth, Eye, Formal Poem, Formal Poetry, Formalist Poem, Formalist Poetry, Galaxy, Gillespie, Patrick, Iambic Tatrameter, Laughter, Life, Meter, Moon, Ocean, Song, Soul, Sun, Tangerines, Universe, Verse, Womb 7 Comments

My children were playing in the background, as I read this.

song-to-my-soul

Opening Book: Unbidden Page 78 (Final Poem of the Book)

December 28, 2008 By upinvermont in Formal Poetry, Gillespie, Patrick, Iambic Tetrameter, Lyric, Opening Book, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, Spiritual Tags: Formal Poem, Formal Poetry, Formalist Poem, Formalist Poetry, How to Read Iambic Pentamter, Iambic Tetrameter, Light, NDE, Near Death Experience, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, Spiritual, Winter 3 Comments

Page 78 Unbidden

Opening Book: Given Page 72

December 22, 2008 By upinvermont in Formal Poetry, Gillespie, Patrick, Iambic Trimeter, Meter, Opening Book, Poem, Rhyme, Spiritual Tags: Autumn, Cycle of Life, Formal, Formal Poem, Formal Poetry, Formalist, Formalist Poem, Formalist Poetry, Gillespie, Patrick, Given, Iambic Trimeter, Loss, Rebirth, Reincarnation, Rhyme, Rhyming Couplets, snow, Spiritual, spiritual poem 1 Comment

[The 3rd line in the 4th Stanza should read: Still never makes me wonder less.]

Page 72 Given

Opening Book: All Hallows’ Eve Pages 62-71 (Part 3 of 3)

December 21, 2008 By upinvermont in Blank Verse, Erotic, Formal Poetry, Gillespie, Patrick, Iambic Pentameter, Meter, Opening Book, Poem, Poetry Tags: Angel, Autumn, Blank Verse, Cemetary, Death, Erotic, Erotic Poetry, Fall, Formalist, Formalist Poem, Formalist Poetry, Graveyard, Halloween, Halloween Fable, Halloween Story, Halloween Tale, Iambic Pentameter, Iambic Pentameter Poem, Jack-o-Lantern, Leaves, Midnight, Modern Blank Verse, modern iambic pentameter, Modern Narrative Verse, Narrative Verse, October, Poem, Poetry, Pumpkin Leave a comment

Continuing Part II.

Opening Book: All Hallows’ Eve Page 52-61 (Post 2 of 3)

December 20, 2008 By upinvermont in Blank Verse, Erotic, Formal Poetry, Gillespie, Patrick, Iambic Pentameter, Meter, Narrative Verse, Opening Book, Poem, Poetry Tags: Angel, Autumn, Blank Verse, Cemetary, Death, Erotic, Erotic Poetry, Fall, Formalist, Formalist Poem, Formalist Poetry, Graveyard, Halloween, Halloween Fable, Halloween Story, Halloween Tale, Iambic Pentameter, Iambic Pentameter Poem, Jack-o-Lantern, Leaves, Midnight, Modern Blank Verse, modern iambic pentameter, Modern Narrative Verse, Narrative Verse, October, Poem, Poetry, Pumpkin Leave a comment

Continuing Part I.

End of Part II

Continue Part III

Opening Book: All Hallows’ Eve Page 43-51 (Post 1 of 3)

December 19, 2008 By upinvermont in Blank Verse, Erotic, Formal Poetry, Gillespie, Patrick, Iambic Pentameter, Meter, Narrative Verse, Opening Book, Poem, Poetry Tags: Angel, Autumn, Blank Verse, Cemetary, Death, Erotic, Erotic Poetry, Fall, Formalist, Formalist Poem, Formalist Poetry, Graveyard, Halloween, Halloween Fable, Halloween Story, Halloween Tale, Iambic Pentameter, Iambic Pentameter Poem, Jack-o-Lantern, Leaves, Midnight, Modern Blank Verse, modern iambic pentameter, Modern Narrative Verse, Narrative Verse, October, Poem, Poetry, Pumpkin 1 Comment

The first third of the narrative poem – All Hallows’ Eve. I wrote it as a way to teach myself Blank Verse. There were several years between the start and the finish – though I wasn’t working on it all that time. The poem was inspired by Keats’ Hyperion. I wanted to match its length and bring blank verse back to narrative. If you hear any instructor, critic or reader bemoaning the death of narrative blank verse, send them here! It’s alive and well in me and my poems.

End of Part I

Continue Part II

Opening Book: Page 23 Something Within

December 16, 2008 By upinvermont in Accentual Verse, Gillespie, Patrick, Love Poetry, Opening Book, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, Sonnet Tags: Beauty, Egg, Formal Poem, Formal Poetry, Formalist, Formalist Poem, Formalist Poetry, Gillespie, Patrick, Love Poem, Love Sonnet, Modern Sonnet, Poem, Poetry, Sonnet 9 Comments

Page 23 Something Within

Opening Book: Come Out! Page 41-42

December 12, 2008 By upinvermont in Blank Verse, Dramatic Verse, Formal Poetry, Gillespie, Patrick, Iambic Pentameter, Meter, Opening Book, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, Spiritual Tags: Autumn, bereavement, Best Poetry Blog, Better Poetry Blog, Blank Verse, Come Out!, Death, Death & Poetry, Dramatic Poem, Dust, Fall, Fear, Formal, Formal Poem, Formal Poetry, Formalist, Formalist Poem, Formalist Poetry, Gillespie, Patrick, Good Poetry Blog, Great Poet, Great Poetry Blog, Great Poets, House, Iambic Pentameter, Iambic Pentameter Poem, Marriage, Meter, Modern Blank Verse, modern iambic pentameter, Poem, Poetry, Regret, Spiritual, Spirituality 7 Comments

I changed a line in this poem:

From: From off the floor where still its veins had bled.
To: Off the floor where still its veins bled through.

I think this was my twentieth try at reading this. What I would really love is for an actress or another reader, a woman preferably, to give it a try. If there are any takers, and if you like the poem enough, let me know.

Opening Book: Spring Lyric Page 40

December 11, 2008 By upinvermont in Formal Poetry, Gillespie, Patrick, Iambic Tetrameter, Lyric, Meter, Opening Book, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme Tags: Formal, Formal Poem, Formal Poetry, Formalist, Formalist Poem, Formalist Poetry, Gillespie, Patrick, Iambic Tetrameter, lips, Modern Poem, Octasylllabic, Opening Book, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, Spring 1 Comment

Page 40 Spring Lyric

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