General Poetry posted June 27, 2020


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Discovering the poetry in syllables

Fifty Nifty Syllables

by Mary Furlong

Counting
syllables in
poetry begins to
make sense because repeated sounds
compose a fine melody of their own.
Not the melody of sonnets,
nor that of simple rhymes.
Just temple bells
counting.

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