That’s no life. (Image, Melancholy by Edvard Munch)
Take it for a teatime dance,
Show it the joys of a fine romance.
Take it to the movie flicks,
Show it all your back-row tricks.
Go for a drive in an opened topped ride
Where to go? Well, you decide.
Escort it to fancy restaurants
Wine and dine, whatever it wants
A turn of speed in a two-seater sports,
Down country lanes, to seaside resorts.
Take it away on vacation week,
possibly a river cruise or a sandy beach.
To an opera or maybe a Broadway show,
Nowhere planned? Just go with the flow.
Together for a ride on a rented tandem,
Decide on a picnic, or just go random.
Take it to a music bar in Dublin,
Where jazz is hot, the atmosphere’s bubbling.
Take it for a high-fall bungee jump,
Show it how hard your heart can thump.
Hold it tenderly caressed in your arms,
Show it all of your masculine charms.
Take it passionately to bed for the night,
Show your love, till the morning light.
Take it with you in your every thought,
Show it everything you ought.
Our existence needs never to be bland,
When we take hold of our lives by the hand.
Hold it close don’t jeopardise,
Never hide it away or compromise.
Regard your many melancholic days
Thoughts may leave you disenchanted
Be afraid, that when death comes you’ll see,
You’ve wasted your life, by taking life for granted.
Russell Jacklin
Sun 16th Jul 2023 10:37
Strangely I find rhyming the easiest to do, I like to tell a story with a begining middle and end to a poem so that it flows so once ive figured the structure and the story i start writing and the rhymes fall into place like they know where to go, I have trouble with free verse, it always seems disjointed like im having several thoughts at the same time. Writing in different formats helps such as limericks villenelles etc.