How can they not know you? #poetry #dVerse

How can they not know you?
You whose voice moves me
you sing songs of truth
to a world looking the other way.

You whose voice moves me
and moves all others who can hear
how can they not hear you?

You sing songs of truth
some people do not want to hear the truth
comforted by denial.

To a world looking the other way
you offer words to turn their heads
if only they could hear you.

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Dedicated to the poets of The Anthropocene Hymnal

Today, Grace is hosting Meeting the Bar and has asked us to write a Trimeric, a poetic form invented by Charles A. Stone in which each line of the first quatrain stanza forms the first line of the corresponding stanza (second line begins the second stanza, etc). The final three stanzas are tercets. Visit dVerse to try the form for yourself!

I had already written the first stanza, which occurred to me when reading through the manuscript of my forthcoming anthology, The Anthropocene Hymnal. There are so many strong voices in this anthology from poets who are passionate about protecting the planet and all of its creatures. I hope their voices will be heard far and wide!

The featured image shows a Narcissus Poeticus, or Poet’s Daffodil.