The child whispered to dying flowers,
The goddess cared in vain.
Ash and blood, the child sang her spell
The goddess smiled through pain.

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You are at war with your allies,
Sleeping with the foe
No matter all your fine disguise,
The cracks begin to show

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She clutches her bruises like a cross
Too drunk to speak or scream
Lies tell her pain's the price of love
She lives in nightmare dreams

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She knows that fairytale by heart
A tale once carved in pain
She shuts the book with shaking hands
Then begs for them again

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Those shattered pieces lie on the floor
Too sharp for me to take
You turn your back from gentle hands
And reach for those who break

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Breaking the rules today, no senryu/haiku

What is the most common type of poetry that has a lot of rhyme in it? Keir Fabian's answer: Most traditional poetic forms employ rhyme, of which the most famous is the sonnet. The most common meter to employ rhyme, however, is actually called “common meter”: di-DU...

On the ubiquity of common meter! #poetry #scansion #versification #CommonMeter #BalladMeter

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