03-12-2012, 01:39 PM
Hercynian* Silva from far above, I see
the mountainous terrain of Germany
and I imagine you were, as before
from those mountains you were shorn.
When Rome could only stand at your feet
pretending you it did defeat,
and there is nothing that I hold so dear
as knowing you taught Rome to fear.
Yet time it seems can defeat all foes,
just as it heals all ills and woes.
I regret I’ll never walk again,
through Black Forested, wood dense land.
Nor e’er again be battered by the Rhine,
where I left my flesh behind.
My heart there also was meant to be,
so my spirit could fly free.
©2012 ~Erthona
* Pronounced like Hey-sin-ee-ah: A primeval forest, the remains of which is the Black Forest.
The form: This is written in accentual verse with alternating lines of five and four feet ending in rhyming couplets.
the mountainous terrain of Germany
and I imagine you were, as before
from those mountains you were shorn.
When Rome could only stand at your feet
pretending you it did defeat,
and there is nothing that I hold so dear
as knowing you taught Rome to fear.
Yet time it seems can defeat all foes,
just as it heals all ills and woes.
I regret I’ll never walk again,
through Black Forested, wood dense land.
Nor e’er again be battered by the Rhine,
where I left my flesh behind.
My heart there also was meant to be,
so my spirit could fly free.
©2012 ~Erthona
* Pronounced like Hey-sin-ee-ah: A primeval forest, the remains of which is the Black Forest.
The form: This is written in accentual verse with alternating lines of five and four feet ending in rhyming couplets.
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.