My Legacy Poem by Suzette Richards

My Legacy

Rating: 5.0


you cannot calculate my legacy in monetary value
or in market shares
neither in some property
nor anything tangible

I leave you my soul
recorded in poetry
and thoughts
I share
with those of you with an ear for the essence of me
but unlike Keats not have my name written in water

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Suzette Prime design Prime number syllable count: 2,3,5,7,11, etc; PLUS a philosophical statement. Any combination of a prime number syllable count may be used per line; in open form and no formal stanzas. Stagger the length of the lines (no set sequence is required) to create a pleasing cadence or to stress certain points—don't just write words for the sake of it or flowery prose. The line breaks serve as punctuation and no capital letters used, except in the case of proper nouns. For variety, it has echoes of the ‘variable foot' introduced by William Carlos Williams in his triadic-line poetry. Any topic which lends itself to a philosophical statement is suitable for Suzette Prime. It is usually presented flush left on the page.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Jazib Kamalvi 25 June 2021

wonderful poem dear, Suzette. Read my poem, Love and L u s t. Thanks.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 26 June 2021

CONT.and have designed forms that bear my name: Suzette Prime and Suzette sonnet.Marvelous!

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Beautiful poem, Poetess Suzette! A fantastic legacy of the soul

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Sylvia Frances Chan 26 June 2021

NOTES from her BIO: 'm a poet that questions her environment and expresses her views via poetry. I am always open to the challenge to try new poetic forms - to date, I have mastered close to 180 poetic forms

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It is so true that the actual legacy of of a poet is " my soul recorded in poetry and thoughts". Great work. Top score? ….

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Craig Moses Uche 31 December 2021

This is a wonderful poem, passionate and beautiful, one of my favorites for sure

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Chinedu Dike 31 December 2021

Well conceived and insightfully penned with conviction. A beautiful creation.......

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Eillio Imbasciati 26 June 2021

I think this is well-expressed, a great explanation of how you left your mark in life.

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Recorded in poetry and thoughts. Marvellous poem.....5 stars

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