Fate
Fate
Fate, as the wind, knows no certain way
Its yesterdays are not today’s
Yet with, and like, the hawk fate glides
On silent wings, on moon-borne tides
Soar on these wondrous wings of chance
Glide o’er the clouds, rejoice the dance
While ‘round you still the music burns
In tempo with fate’s fickle turns
Enjoy the flight, still watch the time
Keep one eye on the ancients’ rhyme
Of laughter’s close relation, tears
Of gods’ descents to mortal fears
About this poem
Inspired in part by the Kennedy clan’s tragic history of loss, this poem speaks to the fragility of life, with encouragement to fully appreciate one’s precious allotted time on earth. Note: Poet received Editor’s Choice Award in October 2006 for poem, “To Poetry.”
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Written on 1998
Submitted by Writeonpi on February 03, 2024
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| Scheme | XXAA BBCC DDEE |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 468 |
| Words | 83 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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