THREE studies

 

Etude in Scheme #7
《effecting change in rhyme and pace》

 

Great Wall Beauty    
  Zengda                 〔original〕

A snake crossing the tallest peak 
Marching horses echo between stone walls
As do marching feet of soldiers
Whole day march then drink
Strike fire roast rabbit
Brew tea exchange tales

Making out the dim glow of a distant guardhouse
Beside green plots small huts 
A horsecart traverses between
Large and small smoke puffs signal a message
Receiving this a horseman Gallops off
like the wind flies to 
Palace Gate
 ～   ～   ～

 

〔Alter to this rhyme scheme〕

First two lines
Last words rhyme 
4  separate  words  phrase
A sentence containing ten syllables
Following comes a sentence with nine

 

The Rider

Snaking across over tallest mountain Peaks
Stone way Echoes the soldiers'
marching feet
Whole  day  march  Drink
strike flint for roasting rabbit over coals
Share brewed tea  Speak of tales and Battle

See the guardhouse far away
  ～it glows～
farming plots neatly stretched
in ￣ーrows―＿
houses～horsecart～chatter～breeze
Rising puffs of smoke they hide a message
on receipt The Rider gallops Off
      ～     ～     ～     ～     ～

 

Etude in Scheme #18
《effective change in rhyming  
     scheme》

 

Gravity     {original}

Heavy wave connects me to All
Fluctuating wave touches
I with another
Holding Everything Together
lest The Universe should splinter and Split 

cause to Weight
As light it traverses cosmic distance
An egalitarian connection
A proposition without special markation
or choice

A force  Strength in Weakness
like Daoist Dualism
crosses a Chasm 
A universal link 
Ubiquitous existence 
Interaction at a distance
Avoiding cataclysm and Chaos                                       ～     ～     ～     ～     ～         

 

《Alter to this rhyme
     scheme》

Match last sound
1st 2 bound
four  items  with  spaces
Continue on we find ten syllables
further  last sentence contains just nine

 

lest Κθαo＄

gravity connecting me
to everything I can and
cannot see
Holds   Everything  All  Unity
If not we would crumble break up and die
The Universe splintered SpliT
if not so

Provision of measureable Heaviness
Travelling light at the speed of light a wave Ubiquitous existence
equal  everything  egalitarian  encounter
offering unity to all matter 
disregarding all mitigation

weakest of four forces 
Mighty small Waves 
Daoist  dualism  crossing  Chasm
existing everywhere all places
distant interaction lest Κθαo＄
      ～     ～     ～     ～     ～

Etude #15～R  

Reversed Study
from previously
Noted  checked  re-checked Edited
10 syllables
nine

 

Stone Block         〔original〕
Block of Rock
Cold  Still  Hard Smooth
Monkey was born from a stone egg  A King
He crossed oceans in search  
of a Sage 

Stone Block stands today 
Its form has changed 
Wind  Rain  Blizzard  Hail
Shaping Block wuwei inaction 
is strength
Years Ages Civilizations rose died
Standing Loud in silence 
deafening

Block Stone
Rocky Throne 
Timeless  Longevity  Deity Existence
Began when Earth was formed Primal Chaos
It now stands as an aged worn  Carved Block
   ～   ～   ～

 

Transcribe

to→ 1st line will match
         the last despatch
in→between at least a 
rhyme or two or 3

 

BLOCKstone      

A stone block of Rock HARD
cold
from stone caME MONKEY!
born of an egg rock
round and smooth
He travelled the seas in search
of an Immortal of old

Remains today STONEBLOCK
but the wind and rain
seasons franght with
Blizzard and Hail
changing its form
Strength in passivity
Haphazardly moulding
and PittinG the block
stands aloud whilsts 
civilizations tumble
and rock
 
Loud as a Throne inspires
existence  Timeless
as a Deity
roaming through
Primal ChaoS
witness to the growth
of earth it Stands
with aged resilience
   ～     ～     ～     ～