This poem is my second response to the prompt from Lisa at dVerse ~ Poets Pub, dVerse Poetics – Halloweeny Humans, which asks us write a poem speaking to a human attribute that is particularly irritating, using a Halloween or Samhain theme. I’ve considered my first response and rewrote it to meet Lisa’s further challenge: “For extra candy corn bonus points, write the poem in the Duodora form!” My sweet tooth couldn’t resist.
Cursed
Cursed, they should be
Always with their snooping
Digging in the dirt
Hurting whom they will
Never satisfied
So intent on the godforsaken truth
Those damned and dreadful souls who know no guilt
Cursed, they should be
Whose closets hold no bones
If the truth were told,
Their own lives laid bare
And lies brought to fore,
They would not be so sanctimonious
There, within the glass houses they have built
The Duodora is:
~ a quatorzain made up of 2 septets.
~ syllabic, 4/6/5/5/5/10/10 syllables per line.
~ rhymed Axxxxxb Axxxxxb
~ line 1 is repeated as a refrain that begins the 2nd stanza.
~ x is unrhymed.
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If I recall my Sunday school lessons correctly, the bible says that everyone’s secrets will be shouted from the rooftops. I don’t expect the glass house people to enjoy that very much!
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Just rewards in due time. 😉
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Fabulous conversion of your American Sentence to a Duodora, Ken. Reminds me of that Eagles song, “Dirty Laundry.” Like when people stare as they drive by accident scenes, human nature has a morbid interest in what’s in other people’s closets. It makes for good storytelling in theory, but in practice it destroys too many lives and certainly the closet owner’s piece of mind. Well done, and your sweet tooth has earned a tidy sum of candy corn 🙂
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Thank you. 😀
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You’re very welcome 🙂
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Well done, Ken. I smiled at the 10 syllables in the sanctimonious line! Well done indeed!
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Thank you. 😀
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Sanctimony…definitely one of the deadly sins. (K)
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And used by those who want to point out sinners.
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Relentlessly.
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I like this one even better … two views untangled from one another. Nicely crafted.
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Thank you, Jazz.
Looking back, I might edit and rearrange the middle of the first stanza to flow more smoothly. But then, a poem is never finished, right?
I think the form has potential.
Cursed, they should be
Always with their snooping
Digging in the dirt
Causing only hurt
Never satisfied
With the search for their godforsaken truth
Those damned and dreadful souls who know no guilt
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I like this tweak also !
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Thanks!
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I really like this!
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Thanks!
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Nice work with the form, Ken: people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, for sure. It’s the same idea as the mote and the beam in the eye. Agree 100%
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🙂 Thank you.
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The skeletons in your closet will break those glass walls!
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Every time!
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Wonderful lines Ken.
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Thank you, Paul.
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Oh my …. this is a wonderful duodora, a wonderful read!!! Sanctimonious is a great word.
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Thank you. I’ve never used it before, but it sure fits.
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This is fabulous – all that hypocrisy crammed into cupboards! Or, ‘pot calling kettle black’ as we would say.
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Both are apt descriptions of the situation. 🙂 Thank you.
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Throwin’ dose damn stones ain’t wise in a house of glass. Some folks just don’t care — curse them! 🤨 I liked this Ken, well written!👍🏼✌🏼
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Thanks, Rob!
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Ah…glass houses indeed. I’m right there with you in this pet peeve!
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😀
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Incisive indictment, Ken. Let’s leave the skeletons be unless they affect public policy!!
pax,
dora
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That sound like a good policy. 🙂 Thank you.
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A standing ovation from me! This is exquisitely woven, Ken! 💝💝
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