Richard🖌 : Writing

A FINE WRITER HAS LEFT OUR MIDST⁓*

A FINE WRITER HAS LEFT OUR MIDST⁓*

A Poem by Richard🖌


"Tragedy has struck!"
Heartsong⁓* (desire)

Heartsong⁓* (desire)

A Poem by Richard🖌


Doubledown Style 5 (or) Double Eights 'n Sixes (read instructions below first).
Step Into My Mind  (lusty lessons)

Step Into My Mind (lusty lessons)

A Poem by Richard🖌


Ballad … a cowrite with Master Poetess, Lyn Anderson http://www.writerscafe.org/amendoim1988
Tho, Many Times⁓ (love's flow … softly sensual)

Tho, Many Times⁓ (love's flow … softl..

A Poem by Richard🖌


Ballad in 8/6/8/6 meter and abcb defe, etc; rhyme-scheme (may be too long, boring, and repetitive for some)
P O E T R Y . . . (to the craft)

P O E T R Y . . . (to the craft)

A Poem by Richard🖌


STELLANETTE (an original poetic form created by Stella Armour) … this piece is inspired by her wonderfully rendered poem, "My Soulmate" at: ht..
Sweet, yearned for moments ⁓ (tenderly erotic)

Sweet, yearned for moments ⁓ (tenderly eroti..

A Poem by Richard🖌


Sestets (6-line verses) in 8-count. Rhyme scheme: aa-bb-cc, dd-ee-ff, etc; with Rhyming Couplet cessation.
What life's been all about … (finding bliss)

What life's been all about … (finding bliss..

A Poem by Richard🖌


English [Shakespearean] Sonnet
May's First Kiss (romantic cowrite with Light)

May's First Kiss (romantic cowrite with Light)

A Poem by Richard🖌


Ricalai form (see Author's Note for instructions)
Living Flow ~ (ethereal passion)

Living Flow ~ (ethereal passion)

A Poem by Richard🖌


Free Verse (romantically-intense and sensually explicit)
DÉJÃ VÜ (loneliness)

DÉJÃ VÜ (loneliness)

A Poem by Richard🖌


Free Verse (raw and imperfect)