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    Honor Sent To Great Bard, Alexander Pushkin Second Tribute Series, Fifth Poet

    Stats of first poem - a tribute sonnet

    Robert J. Lindley, 11/23/2019
    Sonnet, 10,10,10,10 (Closing verse 12, 12 )
    Second Poets Tribute Series, Alexander Pushkin
    Syllables Per Line: 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 12 12
    Total # Syllables:: 144
    Total # Words:::::: 110

    Stats of second poem- a tribute poem
    Robert J. Lindley, 11-22-2019
    Rhyme, ( When Darkness Lost Its Wicked Grip )
    Alexander Pushkin Tribute
    Syllables Per Line:
    10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10
    Total # Syllables: 210
    Total # Words:::: 170
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    (Honor Sent To Great Bard, Alexander Pushkin
    Second Tribute Series, Fifth Poet)

    (1.)
    Poetry Gave Its Deep Rich Brilliance Unto Thee

    Bard, what bright Light graced thy soft serenades
    In late midnight hours, moonlight streaming down
    Alas! With Time's fleeing flight, thy fame fades
    Yet thy verse treasures gave thee world renown.

    Bard, thy prowling ship upon open seas
    Delivered thy Art, to this sad world please
    Fate, its dark hand did thy youthful life take
    For thy wife's honor, thee would not forsake!

    Bard, from thy glory this poet now feels
    Pains of sorrows at thy early demise
    From thy fruited verse, this world so oft peels
    In its beauty, words so precious and wise!

    Poetry gave its deep rich brilliance unto thee.
    As thy muse sent thee magnificent melodies.

    Robert J. Lindley, 11/23/2019
    Sonnet, 10,10,10,10 (Closing verse 12, 12 )
    Second Poets Tribute Series, Alexander Pushkin

    Syllables Per Line: 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 12 12
    Total # Syllables:: 144
    Total # Words:::::: 110

    (2.)
    New Dawn, New Life, To Heaven Rose My Cry

    Pray I, to One that made ground and blue sky
    Giving us earth's beauty for Heaven's sake
    With bounty that mankind can not deny,
    Thus fallen on grassy greens so, Pray I.

    By heavens, Life caresses soul in me
    Yet in blackest blackness of darkest night
    In my wayward youth, this I sought to flee
    And into black blackness of darkest sea.

    Pray I, for salvation before I die
    And true to His grace, faith was reborn true
    With promise of dear life a bounding tie
    Thus dark went away and sweet thanks, Pray I.

    New dawn, new Life, to Heaven rose my cry
    And soon I heard an angel chorus sing
    Into its sounding midst, I did thus fly
    With sweet teardrops that fell from misty eyes.

    Pray I, others this blessing from blue sky
    And Love and Peace such gift, God truly brings
    Dastardly road took, I shall not deny
    As bowing my head and with joy, Pray I.

    Robert J. Lindley, 11-22-2019
    Rhyme, ( When Darkness Lost Its Wicked Grip )
    Alexander Pushkin Tribute

    Syllables Per Line:
    10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10
    Total # Syllables: 210
    Total # Words:::: 170

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    Information on , Fifth poet- Alexander Pushkin , honored in my Second Poets Tribute Series
    Blog Posted:11/23/2019 9:37:00 AM


    Information on , Fifth poet- Alexander Pushkin ,
    honored in my Second Poets Tribute Series


    (1.) https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pushkin

    Alexander Pushkin
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    He was a Russian poet, novelist, dramatist and writer of short stories.
    Many think he was the greatest Russian poet.

    Aleksandr Pushkin by Vasily Tropinin
    Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was born 26 May 1799 (6 June New Style) 1799, Moscow, and died 29 January 1837 (10 February, New Style), St Petersburg. He was a Russian poet, novelist, dramatist and writer of short stories.

    Many think he was the greatest Russian poet. He started the great tradition of Russian literature. Pushkin wrote in a way that no other Russian had done: he used the Russian language as it was spoken instead of writing in a style based on old church books. His influence on other Russian writers was enormous and several Russian composers set his stories and poems to music. His poetry is very hard to translate well into other languages because the words are full of special meanings in Russian culture. His novels, especially Eugene Onegin, are widely read.

    Pushkin was the great-grandson of an African slave of the Tzar Peter the Great. He was killed in a duel in 1837 at the age of 37.

    Early years
    Pushkin's father came from an old aristocratic family. On his mother's side Pushkin had African ancestors. His great-grandfather Abram Gannibal was an Abyssinian who was living in a palace of the Turkish sultan in Istanbul. The Russian ambassador bought him as a present for Peter the Great, the tsar of Russia. Gannibal became a favourite of Peter the Great and he was sent to Paris to study. He became very rich. Pushkin was proud of his great-grandfather and wrote about him in a novel called The Negro of Peter the Great.

    In 19th century Russia all aristocratic families learned to speak French, so Pushkin and his brother and sister spoke and wrote in French more than in Russian. The children were cared for by a nurse, Arina Rodionovna Yakovleva. It was the nurse who taught them to love the Russian language. She told the children Russian folktales. Pushkin also spoke Russian to the peasants and he read many books in his father's library.

    When he was 12 he went to a new school called the Imperial Lyceum at Tsarskoye Selo. Years later this school was renamed Pushkin after their famous pupil. He soon started writing romantic poems in Russian using Russian tales of heroes and adventures. Ruslan and Ludmila was a poem that was later to be made into an opera by Mikhael Glinka.

    Adulthood
    In 1817, Pushkin got a job in the foreign office at St. Petersburg. He soon became interested in politics and supported the Decembrist revolt of 1825 when a group of noblemen and army officers tried to put another tsar in power and make him less powerful. Pushkin wrote some political poems. The result was that he was told he had to leave St. Petersburg. He had to spend six years in exile in the south of the country: in the Caucasus and the Crimea. He wrote about his experiences in the south in several romantic narrative poems (long poems which tell a story). He started work on a novel in verse called Yevgeny Onegin (or Eugene Onegin). He did not finish it until 1833. This was to be his most famous work. It was used by many musicians including Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky who made it into an opera. The poem shows typical Russian people in the society of his day.

    Pushkin was angry that he was still in exile and he wrote many letters to his friends. Many of these letters were later published. He spent a lot of time drinking, gaming and fighting with swords. He fell in love with the daughter of a Count for whom he was working. The Count managed to get Pushkin exiled to his mother's estate near Pskov at the other end of Russia. Pushkin spent two years here. He was lonely, but he studied Russian history and talked to the peasants. The poems he wrote were full of ideas from Russian culture. He wrote one of his major works: Boris Godunov, a drama about a story from Russian history. The composer Modest Mussorgsky later made an opera from it. Boris Godunov was a cruel tsar in the 17th century. Pushkin's play shows that the ordinary people had a lot of power. This made it difficult for Pushkin to get it published.

    Return from exile
    After the revolt in 1825 the new tsar Nicholas I realized that Pushkin was by now very famous. He also realized that he had not taken part in the revolt, so he allowed him to return. The tsar said that he himself would censor Pushkin's works before they were allowed to be published. He said that he was going to be a good tsar and help the poor people (the serfs) to become free. Pushkin was in a difficult position because he could not write anything that the tsar would not like.

    He had to be very careful not to say bad things about the rulers of the country. The police watched him very carefully. Yet at this time Pushkin wrote a large number of great works, almost each one of them being the first of their kind in Russian literature. One example is the short story The Queen of Spades, which Tchaikovsky made into an opera and which was to be a great influence on the novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky.

    Last years
    In his last years, Pushkin was again in government service in St. Petersburg. He married in 1831 and had to spend a lot of time in society at court. He wrote more and more prose. He wrote a history of Peter the Great and a historical novel The Captain's Daughter. He kept asking the tsar to let him resign from his job and go to the country to spend his time writing. The tsar would not allow that. In 1837, Pushkin was killed in a duel. He had been forced to fight the duel in order to defend his wife's honour.

    Pushkin’s achievements
    The Russian language today would be very different if it had not been for Pushkin. Using the language as it was spoken by the people he made it into a language which was simple but which could also express deep feelings. His works were a great influence on later writers like Ivan Turgenev, Ivan Goncharov and Leo Tolstoy. Yevgeny Onegin was the first Russian novel which told a story about the society of the time. His works have been translated into all the major languages

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    https://www.britannica.com/biography...yevich-Pushkin

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    To Taste, Trenchant Flavor Of Her Soft Kiss

    To taste, trenchant flavor of her soft kiss,
    Under night skies' munificent moon rays,
    Arcadian smile, touch I now so miss,
    Her guileless wit, stirring soul to this day.

    To touch yet again, lush lips so divine,
    Feel her deep warmth that this soul still invades,
    To remember waking, to dawns so fine,
    Absent embarrassing human charades.

    To hold her heart, as if sweet Life it gave,
    Its beauty, her amatory appeals,
    Gifts of Love's Truth, did this wayward soul save,
    From sclerotic heart, that too oft Life kills.

    To think ruminative thoughts and agree.
    Such an angel was far too good for me.

    Robert J. Lindley, 12-08-2019
    Romanticism, ( Sonnet) ( A Blessing, Lost In Folly Of My Wayward Youth )


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    Composed this morn from the seed of a poem fragment that was
    written in 1977. I woke having dreamed of this lady. Searched,
    found the old poem fragment and then went to composing.
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    God Bless You Robert...providing a water-hole for my soul is a good thing...


    **Thanks for what you do....



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    Quote Originally Posted by LongTermGuy View Post


    God Bless You Robert...providing a water-hole for my soul is a good thing...


    **Thanks for what you do....
    Thank you for the recognition my friend. Poetry is a passion of mine and I have been at it for many decades.
    Writing became one of many addictions I had in my youth. Thankfully it was one that was good, had merit
    and that I have been blessed to have kept alive.

    Words, words, sometimes they fly out like graceful songbirds
    With a swishing sway, truth in magnificent flight
    Or trampling dust-clouds rising from predatory herds
    They skulk from shadows lurking on Raven-clad nights.-- RJL
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    I Know Some Of Life's Sorrows, Fate Decrees Everlasting

    I saw seven dying newborn white horses
    I stumbled upon seventeen darken courses
    I ran through twenty-seven ancient burnt temples
    I found love may be hard, even when life is simple.

    I sat at thirty-seven broken wooden tables
    I listen intently to forty-seven mystical fables
    I kissed sweetly of fifty-seven kindhearted virgins
    I sat in ocean fires with flaming tides surging.

    I spoke sixty-seven times of my cravings
    I cried out seventy-seven of my maddest ravings
    I sang eighty-seven songs of death and devastation
    I recall the best and worse of me without hesitations.

    I wonder if hundred-seven years would be worth living
    I think I need hundred twenty-seven years for forgiving
    I beg for hundred thirty-seven days of deepest fasting
    I know some of life's sorrows, Fate decrees everlasting.

    R.J. Lindley, Sept 20th. 1976, December 11th, 2019
    Rhyme, ( The Roads That Fate And Destiny Set Upon Us )
    - Where the mystical shadow dances and blows.-


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    Robert, have you read the poetry of Mary Sarton? Particularly “Encore: A Journal of the Eightieth Year”? If not, check it out on Amazon; I think you would really enjoy it.
    After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box - Author unknown

    “Unfortunately, the truth is now whatever the media say it is”
    -Abbey

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    O' Destiny Why Did Thy Fatal Blow Come?

    Within midnight's pallid moonlight
    Glows that sad heart boldly demand
    Memories of that fateful night
    And loss of a true angel's hands
    O' destiny why did thy fatal blow come?

    Within her love, lay paradise
    Sensual appetites and more
    Kisses that did more than suffice
    To leave me begging for much more
    O' destiny why did thy fatal blow come?

    Within this world, misery ebbs
    Huge waves crash and massive tides turn
    Like flies in hungry spider's web
    Fate cries, victims get what they earn
    O' destiny why did thy fatal blow come?

    Within dreams reality denies
    Dance nights that lovers truly miss
    Beddings, and yellow moonlit skies
    Before hearing snake's deadly hiss
    O' destiny why did thy fatal blow come?

    Within life that sorrows now infect
    Love's past memories sustain
    Briefest moments to this reflect
    How I shall not kiss you again
    O' destiny why did thy fatal blow come?

    R.J. Lindley, April 12th 1977, December 11th, 2019
    Romanticism/Rhyme, ( When Sorrows Flood Like A Swollen River )

    Note: Another poem fragment completed today.
    Perhaps this Christmas season I may be able to do many.
    A blessing if that is gifted me.....


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    Abbey thank you for the information given in your post my friend.. I will check out that poet tomorrow.
    It does seem to me that I've came across her name before..
    During my past research on my famous female poets dedication series....
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    Simple Musings By A Southern Poet,
    Part One



    Lips of honey glisten like dew

    does life listen when one begs

    a drink, yes just a snort or two

    until one can not feel their legs,

    marvelous the smell of winter's breath

    fireplace warmth, so snugly inside

    yes, one can truly so fear death

    then can find nowhere to hide,


    Laugh at the futility of crying

    when hope awaits praying words

    of course great despair is not dying

    when dawn glory awards sweet songbirds,

    forest speaks in images soft cast

    its true desires oft by man unknown

    some did in their youth have a blast

    my how swiftly Father Time has flown,


    Long for treasures are oft forbidden

    as are splinters from wooden shoes

    horse that has never been ridden

    and thus never knows mortal blues,

    live to find beautiful lover true

    with ample attributes so abundant

    life and living, strangely up to you

    tho' oft some days are redundant.


    Robert J. Lindley, 12-15-2019
    Rhyme, Simple musings,
    ( Yes, I'd like another shot or two )


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    Simple Musings Of A Southern Poet,
    Part Two, Tribute to my father


    Born to stand proud, truly tall like a tree
    world's demands, of which he did not agree
    night and day when massive battles did rage
    to a fault, unsung hero of his age

    Born to walk paths, others so fear to tread
    caring not for world, or its corrupted thread
    with prayer, sincerity of true heart
    love of life, divine wisdom to impart

    Born to see, how faith relieved tormented souls
    live life with honor, knowing its great tolls
    watching dawn cast anew, its sweetest gifts
    of divine blessings, healing that uplifts

    Born to love, faith, family and dear friends
    true to life and all that honor portends
    saw death as just another waiting door
    enter with true faith, find paradise shores.

    Robert J. Lindley, 12-16-2019
    Rhyme, Simple Musings of a Southern Man
    Tribute to my father....
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    I Have Drank Deep Woes Of Tiresome Heartbreak

    I have drank deep woes of tiresome heartbreak
    supped dark wormwood of Fate's poison trees
    attempted to love just for loving's sake
    drown myself in sorrow's of empty seas.

    Blessed golden day poetry found me.
    For its sweet gifts have truly set me free.

    I climbed mountains that rose forever
    walked deserts and laughed at dying thirst
    but in my Life I have sworn to never
    beg for winter's harsh cold nor be the first!

    Blessed golden day poetry found me.
    For its sweet gifts have truly set me free.

    I have through paradise a time once trod
    sat on its rainbow singing out of key
    swore to truly love before man and God
    angel that broke my chains to set me free

    Blessed golden day poetry found me.
    For its sweet gifts have truly set me free.

    I have lived within shadows that mourn
    roped a bronc and stole many a girl
    been between life and death wickedly torn
    in battles victory's flags unfurled.

    Blessed golden day poetry found me.
    For its sweet gifts have truly set me free.

    Robert J. Lindley, 12-14-2019
    Rhyme, ( Giving Thanks For Poetry's Many Fine Blessings)



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    R. J. Lindley, Original version August 7th, 1974,
    (edited lightly 12/27-2019 to correct to a uniform syllable count )
    Ode, ( A Poetic Tribute To Greek Mythology, Nature, Romance And Dreams )

    (1a Note: Ode- definition-

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ode

    ode noun
    \ 'od \
    Definition of ode (Entry 1 of 2)
    : a lyric poem usually marked by exaltation of feeling and style,
    varying length of line, and complexity of stanza forms
    example- Keats's ode "To a Nightingale"

    (1 b)

    ode noun: a poem in which a person expresses a strong feeling of love or respect for someone or something


    (2.) Note:
    My having been ill these last few days- I did not compose any new
    poetry but did edit this one to present, as a poet must endeavor
    to produce/create until .. that last breath and final door opens..

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    Total number of words::::: 274
    Ode To Goddess Of Purest Romance And Sweetest Dreams

    O' shimmering light, thy gleam so adores
    stamped and born of hot heavenly fires,
    as tidal waves splashing on pleading shores
    beautiful song that this soul never tires,
    gift thy rapture in golden lace
    plead I, goddess of Nature's face,

    O' dancing maiden, of green forested glen
    voice that truly entices and so allures,
    temptress of broken and repentant men
    gifting sweet mercy on fantasy tours,
    gift thy rapture in golden lace
    plead I, goddess of Nature's face,

    Mother earth, awards thy enchanting grace
    beauty that no mortal breath ever took,
    born as gift, that no other could replace
    as an atonement from heart's purest nook,
    gift thy rapture in golden lace
    plead I, goddess of Nature's face,

    Aphrodite, gave wonderment of Love
    in dawn's glory bathed thy soft countenance,
    bequeathing thy charms from heavens above
    as gifts and bounty of purest romance,
    gift thy rapture in golden lace
    plead I, goddess of Nature's face,

    Olympus, set dazzling blue in thy eyes
    temptations sizzling from thy sexy lips,
    with star-lighted twinkles from moonlit skies
    greater than that of treasure laden ships,
    gift thy rapture in golden lace
    plead I, goddess of Nature's face,

    O' goddess send light to this darken soul
    and divine manna to this famished heart,
    for evil world has taken heavy toll
    ripping needed fantasy dreams apart,
    gift thy rapture in golden lace
    plead I, goddess of Nature's face,

    O' goddess thy dear words this soul redeems
    just as thy soft touch, renews aching heart,
    to utter solemn vows in midnight dreams
    begging for more love thy kissing imparts,
    gift thy rapture in golden lace
    plead I, goddess of Nature's face.


    R. J. Lindley, Original version August 7th, 1974,
    (edited lightly 12/27-2019 to correct to a uniform syllable count )
    Ode, ( A Poetic Tribute To Greek Mythology, Nature, Romance And Dreams )

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    Her Eyes, Pools Of Promise Under Bright Stars

    Her pillars of flame,mounds of firm delight
    naked her beauty,wonderment at night
    she a goddess,mankind truly desires
    radiant heat,pleasures scorching fires
    maiden of youth,true princess to behold
    dreams of sweet memories,when one is old.

    Her lips, tantalizing and rosy red
    gift of passionate joy,in lovers bed
    she a queen that offers hope to mankind
    born of romance,a rare jewel to find
    maiden of youth,true princess to behold
    dreams of sweet memories,when one is old.

    Her sexy charms,in glowing moonlit scenes
    fantasies to bedeck a young man's dreams
    she a vixen,sweet as honey and wine
    a fruited dessert,ripe upon the vine
    maiden of youth,true princess to behold
    dreams of sweet memories,when one is old.

    Her eyes,pools of promise under bright stars
    Mankind's treasure,when her true love is ours!


    Robert J. Lindley, 12-28- 2019
    Rhyme, ( Dedication to Love , Romance And Women- A Blessing For Mankind )


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    I Have Spun Tapestries Of Golden Words

    I have walked paths from dawn's glowing birth
    across oceans spanning earth's massive girth,
    from mountains scratching on high, heavenly skies
    to mysterious realms others oft deny.

    A soul wandering, sometimes lost in space.
    Eagerly seeking her vanishing face.

    I have spun tapestries of golden words
    sang ditties with most beautiful songbirds,
    swam in wondrous lakes with waters crystal clear
    all with impunity, without any fear.

    A soul wandering, sometimes lost in space.
    Eagerly seeking her vanishing face.

    I have prayed under giant black-oak trees
    sincere solemn prayers upon bend'ed knees,
    as a lost lover once blinded by my greed
    sacrificing all, for this love to feed.

    A soul wandering, sometimes lost in space.
    Eagerly seeking her vanishing face.

    I have seen sights breathtaking to behold
    heard dark ancient tales so wildly told,
    with crestfallen despair, wrote life is not fair
    begging for forgiveness, for love to share.

    A soul wandering, sometimes lost in space.
    Eagerly seeking her vanishing face.

    Robert J. Lindley, 12-29-2019
    Romanticism


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    Poetic Whispering Of Dark, Calamitous Decrees

    Alas! Such as dark, as need to atone
    gashing curses of blackest dread,
    cold in heartache as frozen stone,
    is sad death of a love-life once bled!

    Behold! Life once sailed forth all alone
    with its shadows creeping behind,
    my how- deep miseries hath grown,
    into iron chains that so firmly bind!

    Aghast! I enter brilliant light now shone
    stand at eternity's first door,
    where hath divine mercy now flown,
    as I beg for forgiveness and much more!

    Lo! Why cometh this low grievous tone
    voiced in most damning decrees,
    that black shall eat my dying bones,
    as dark desires hath so well damned me!

    R.J. Lindley, October 23rd, 1979
    Rhyme, ( As Poe Once Within Midnight Dreams So Spoke To Me )
    (Birthed As A Tribute to Edgar Allen Poe)


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    Calm Waves On Peaceful Seas

    Within Nature rests a rose scented breath
    Its whispers a call against mortal death,
    When brother sun it tempts to rise and shine
    Sets dawn and morning light to this define,
    As sweet life meant to be,
    Calm waves on peaceful seas.

    Within vibrant beats of romantic heart
    Gasping echoes, sounding true love starts,
    By ones destined dream that often decrees
    Giving up harvesting fruits from greedy trees,
    As sweet life meant to be,
    Calm waves on peaceful seas.

    Within man's earthen plight, oft treasures lay
    Among the shadows of sun's dying day,
    Begging love seeking souls to soon be found
    And born to heart as free spirit unbound,
    As sweet life meant to be,
    Calm waves on peaceful seas.

    Robert J. Lindley, 1-3- 2020
    Rhyme, ( As Life, Love and Living was meant to be )

    Note:
    Looking back upon life's glowing mirror,
    it casting images that tender heart so craves,
    aghast at many things now so clearer
    and praying deep, that something remembered saves.


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