“… the dark folk who live in souls
Of passionate men, like bats in the dead trees;” —W.B. Yeats
The Scream, 1893 by Edvard Munch
incessant goading fills our heads
to do the dreaded things we fear
passion riles the weakest hosts
and blames the muse
but muses simply plant the seed
it’s passion’s fire that drives men mad
surrendering to wild extremes
renders us razed
yet middling is not the course
that moves faint hearts, nor feeds the soul
embracing darkness, shadow, light
each bearing virtues of their own
our angst assuaged
~kat
For Jane Dougherty’s Yeat’s Challenge Day 2 based on the verse above and using the “new” form suggesting a metered trio of stanzas with the following syllable count: 8 8 8 4 8 8 8 4 8 8 8 8 4 .
like mercury colliding... 
November 2nd, 2017 at 1:10 pm
Groovy, as Always. 😎😎😎🥀🥀🥀
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November 2nd, 2017 at 1:30 pm
Thanks Dorna 🙂
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November 2nd, 2017 at 1:32 pm
I like the effect of the form, like marching, with a final stomp to it. You’re right, the bad ideas might be sown by bad people, but in the end, it’s up to us whether we let the idea grown or not. Good poem, Kat 🙂
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November 2nd, 2017 at 1:37 pm
Thank you Jane. I really do like the form as well. As you state, it has a marching, lively feel to it. I will have to revisit this form in the future. Agreed. We do not need to give sway to the extremes and yet understanding them can brings us balance. Peace out…until tomorrow then! 🙂
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November 2nd, 2017 at 2:54 pm
Lovely form, and done so well!
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November 2nd, 2017 at 3:19 pm
Thanks Peter. I do like the form very much. I think it will become a favorite. 😊
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November 2nd, 2017 at 3:31 pm
“passion riles the weakest hosts”
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“each bearing virtues of their own” – cause and remedy. Well done.
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November 2nd, 2017 at 3:43 pm
Thank you. Much peace to you.
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November 3rd, 2017 at 9:07 am
I’m thinking of getting me one of them muses. What do you recommend Kat?
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November 3rd, 2017 at 11:09 am
She will drive you mad Bryan…or at least her sister Passion will. I don’t advise it unless you are ready to throw all caution to the wind. 🙂
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November 3rd, 2017 at 2:54 pm
Too late my dear
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November 3rd, 2017 at 3:44 pm
🙂
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November 3rd, 2017 at 3:51 pm
Passion is not a word we English speak aloud
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November 3rd, 2017 at 3:58 pm
Haha…here in the US we throw it around like it’s nothing…kind of takes the…passion…out of it.
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November 3rd, 2017 at 4:49 pm
It does indeed. Haha…there’s nothing to beat discretion
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November 3rd, 2017 at 4:57 pm
😊
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November 3rd, 2017 at 9:08 am
I did like the poem
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November 3rd, 2017 at 11:14 am
Thank you so much 🙂
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