John Knight Poems

Mirror Mirror on the Wall
What stories you could tell,
Of faces that have gazed in you
Some so happy - others blue
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SELLOTAPE - Oh - SELLOTAPE
please help me to fix my leaking cape
and help me stop the air escape
from my air-bed Oh please please Sellotape.
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To be much loved is something we all yearn
So many of us filled with the intent
The art of loving is not hard to learn.
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When I was very young
I really believed in Father Christmas
The whole package - Reindeers - Santa Claus
The Christmas Elves - Gobal distribtion etc.
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Worthy Oh Lamb of God - for praise
The Father's Only Son
To you our hymns of praise we raise
For Heaven's Beloved One.
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Only bread and only wine
Yet by faith a blessed bond
Between the Human and Divine
We give you thanks oh Lord.
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This a LOOP POEM. This structure demands that the LAST WORD
of a line - is used again as the FIRST WORD of the next line - Simple.
I am indebted to the Lady of OZ - Karin Anderson for introducing me to this very elegant poetical structure. If you try it let me know!
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Every metal has a similar Atomic Structure
In the solid state the atoms are close packed
The consequent crystal structure of metals
Endues them with a range of common properties.
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This poem is written in BLANK VERSE
14 lines and 10 syllables per line.
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I have tried to write a Shakespearean Sonnet. Four quatrains and a doublet (= 14 lines) each line being an Iambic Pentameter (! 0 syllables alternately unstressed and stressed) . The rhyme pattern is abab cdcd efef gg. Because of all this tweeking it should have excellent rhythm - when read - and flow - when recited.

I could not seek your hand and then be scorned
For there are other maidens I would seek
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