Richard🖌 : Writing

Peace Must Be Learned (paying dues)

Peace Must Be Learned (paying dues)

A Poem by Richard🖌


Englyn Penfyr (Welsh stanzaic form: see Author's Note)
Grace of Atonement (humility)

Grace of Atonement (humility)

A Poem by Richard🖌


Free Verse … a simple poem for those who've been requesting something new.
The NEOPHYTE (novice)

The NEOPHYTE (novice)

A Poem by Richard🖌


SESTETS (6-line verses) in 9-syllable counts and a rhyme-scheme of aa,bb,cc / dd,ee,ff / etc.
Love⁓✨

Love⁓✨

A Poem by Richard🖌


Free Verse
TO DREAM (love's winding paths)

TO DREAM (love's winding paths)

A Poem by Richard🖌


BALLAD in 8/6/8/6 iambic meter, a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, etc: rhyme scheme. Written from both the Male & Female perspectives.
In Eternity ⁓  (heart-whispers)

In Eternity ⁓ (heart-whispers)

A Poem by Richard🖌


Unmetered Quatrains in abcb, defe, etc; rhyme scheme.
all about You (a simple poem of love)

all about You (a simple poem of love)

A Poem by Richard🖌


Free Verse (maybe, too long for some)
Upon these words ⁓ (gentle peace)

Upon these words ⁓ (gentle peace)

A Poem by Richard🖌


Quatrains in 8-Count (iambic tetrameter/final line [for Barrett] begins trochaic) with an abcb, defe, ghih, etc; rhyme scheme.
Her Garden, Trimmed 'n Neat.... (subtly stirring)

Her Garden, Trimmed 'n Neat.... (subtly stirring)

A Poem by Richard🖌


"Et Ses Octo" (Doubledown Style-1 or Eights 'n Sixes) in iambically rhythmic beat. See Author's Note for details.
Meant to Be (poetically sensual)

Meant to Be (poetically sensual)

A Poem by Richard🖌


English [Shakespearean] Sonnet