ANGELA & BRIAN

THE PATH NOT TAKEN ~ BRIAN & ANGELA ~ A FREE VERSE PARABLE

 

THIS POEM ~ Was inspired by FAY yesterday with her Poem *Less Trodden*  The motive of her poem was to encourage us to write *Free Verse* instead of Poetry constrained by Rhyme & Rhythm & Reason i.e. freer in Form & Function. Angela & I are Performance Poets and it is Rhyme & Rhythm that makes Poetry recitable and easier to remember. So we prefer Poetry that has at least one of these characteristics !  Shakespeare  is easy to remember because it always has Rhythm and is IAMBIC !  In fact Fays Poem had good FORM - Four octains each with the same Rhythm  Long Line - Shorter Line - LL - SL - LL - SL - LL - SL !  It looks like a Poem and was easy to read & recite ! It also had a FUNCTION (see above). However it is this ability to embrace and execute non-conformity that makes FAY one of the Best & Most Popular POETS on this site !  Thanks FAY for being You ~ Love ~ ANGELA & BRIAN 💛💛💛

 

We often walk through our Woods ~ Night & Day !

Hand in hand or single file 

The same walk varies with the Seasons 

And differs in the Day & Night

The Wood is about 100 acre 

And there are streams and a big Lake 

The Lake is central ~ most paths  led to the  Lake !

 

As in Life their are *Paths less Trod*

Overgrown - narrow and leading nowhere 

Uninviting by Day and dangerous by Night !  

However when we ventured out at Night

Along some of the *Paths less Trod* 

We were rewarded to see and hear Owls

And see the Nocturnal Hedgehogs !

By Day Wild flowers and Fly Agaric

That had not been picked by Children !

 

In Life its easy to take the High Road

You*re first to reach the Lake & the Caff !

BUT you miss the quirky & unseen ~ Cos

On the way ~ You always look ahead

On Paths ~ normally not taken you STOP

To remove obstructions ~ and see

New plants - insects & animals & trees !

So in life you*ll meet new People

Have new experiences ~ new challenges

AND THIS WILL MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE !

 

Thanks for visit comments welcome Angela & Brian 💛💛💛