Thursday, February 16, 2006
A Prayer Comments
Rating: ★5.0
O, Father, Lord, our God and King,
To Thee alone we pray and sing,
We sense our essence most suppressed,
Nor shall we speak of utmost stress!
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Jonathan Howard
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2/22/2026 8:17:26 PM # 1.0.0
Thank you! I'm actually abrasive at rhyming, as you may notice. This one just plopped-out well. But one thing I am glad about is being a metronome: the odd iambic PENTameter lines are very deliberate - they work on a higher level or rhythm throughout the last three verses. Not just accentual-syllabic, but some higher form, thanks to my senses. I just flowed with it. One of my better works. I just keep rhyme because it sounds nice, but I have some blank-verse too. Might upload later...