Julian Price

Tides: Words, Water and a Life of Change - Water Poetry



Posted: Monday, October 26, 2009

by Julian Price
http://www.uk-freelance-content-writer.co.uk/

                                                       
        Tides - A Villanelle
 
Sailing upon a breeze of happiness,
on endless waves toward love's rocky bay.
The ebbing and flowing of loneliness.
 
'Tis summer's plea and prayer for tenderness,
where distant, gentle melody doth play.
Sailing upon a breeze of happiness.
 
Autumn foretells of impending sadness,
of lashing wind, and rain, and darkened day.
The ebbing and flowing of loneliness.
 
Winter wallows in it's oppressiveness,
light's smile diminished, corroded away.
Sailing upon a breeze of happiness.
 
Surging spring invades, mischief, playfulness,
dancing, gossiping with so much to say!
The ebbing and flowing of loneliness.
 
Ancient ocean displaying faitfulness,
in perfect tandem, the seasons obey.
Sailing upon the breeze of happiness,
The ebbing and flowing of loneliness.
 
 
The villanelle, one of my favourite forms of poetry, is nineteen lines long (five tercets and one final quatrain) and has only two rhyme sounds. Lines one and three of the first stanza serve as alternate refrains in the third line of following stanza and a couplet in the concluding quatrain.
 
I have written a few of these poems but "Tides" is a personal favourite, mainly because of the inspiration of the ocean. Hope you enjoy.
Julian has diplomas in freelance journalism (with distinction), copywriting and proofreading. He is also a creative writer and poet who writes both professionally and for pleasure. Julian has written articles for an internet marketing company and although this medium is often restricted by topic, his writing still maintains a unique and often humourous style, with many of his articles achieving good results on search engines. He has found the discipline involved with this kind of work to be a great writing exercise and believes it enhances and improves other areas of his writing. Julian is becoming an established freelance writer and many of his articles here at searchwarp are a showcase of the variety and quality of his work.

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