If She Existed

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her sweet smile and devour her kindness I’d want to know her if she existed To spare her this nocturnal blindness.</p><p id="f082">Her gentle spirit guides me through the night I face the dawn feeling strong and rested She is truth, she is beauty, she is light And I’d want to know her if she existed.</p><p id="74fa"><a href="https://duttonator.medium.com/"><b>Jim Dutton</b></a><b> © 2024</b></p><p id="36fb"><i>Submitted for Paper Poetry’s January prompt:</i></p><div id="75e3" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/inizio-0911856bf832"> <div> <div> <h2>INIZIO</h2> <div><h3>The thin wisdom dividing what to hold on and what to let go, we welcome the New Beginnings!</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(h

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ttps://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*9sUd7nJItmQeIJ0kokt_sg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="5606"><i>This is an example of a <b>galleggiante, </b>a poetry form with four 4-line stanzas using an abab rhyme scheme. One line in each stanza is a partially repeating refrain that either begins at the top and falls to the bottom (a “sinker”) or vice versa (a “floater”). I’ve been writing these for several years now and they are great fun to construct. I’ve never seen anyone else here try it, though!</i></p><p id="6a67"><i>Instead of tagging specific people to join me in this prompt, I will invite each of you reading this to try out the form. Write an Inizio poem for my friends at Paper Poetry with a floating or sinking refrain like the one you see above. I think it’s perfect for both Track A and Track B.</i></p></article></body>

Her promise haunts me

Imagined by MidJourney (I’d want to know her if she existed Her promise haunts me as I fall asleep — ar 3:2 — v 6.0 — s 500)

I’d want to know her if she existed Her promise haunts me as I fall asleep She wants to help, but my pride resists it For I know she’s not as real as she seems.

A familiar stranger on the other side I’d want to know her if she existed She slumbers quietly inside my mind But she’s only there because I wished it.

Nightmare visions that are dark and twisted Veil her sweet smile and devour her kindness I’d want to know her if she existed To spare her this nocturnal blindness.

Her gentle spirit guides me through the night I face the dawn feeling strong and rested She is truth, she is beauty, she is light And I’d want to know her if she existed.

Submitted for Paper Poetry’s January prompt:

This is an example of a galleggiante, a poetry form with four 4-line stanzas using an abab rhyme scheme. One line in each stanza is a partially repeating refrain that either begins at the top and falls to the bottom (a “sinker”) or vice versa (a “floater”). I’ve been writing these for several years now and they are great fun to construct. I’ve never seen anyone else here try it, though!

Instead of tagging specific people to join me in this prompt, I will invite each of you reading this to try out the form. Write an Inizio poem for my friends at Paper Poetry with a floating or sinking refrain like the one you see above. I think it’s perfect for both Track A and Track B.

January 2024 Paper Poetry

If She Existed

Her promise haunts me

INIZIO

The thin wisdom dividing what to hold on and what to let go, we welcome the New Beginnings!