Richard🖌 : Writing

Each night, for only You (sensual dreams)

Each night, for only You (sensual dreams)

A Poem by Richard🖌


English [Shakespearean] Sonnet
I "Would"! (soft sensual bliss)

I "Would"! (soft sensual bliss)

A Poem by Richard🖌


English [Shakespearean] Sonnet
⁓ Poetess' Avowal ⁓ (soul-wedded bliss)

⁓ Poetess' Avowal ⁓ (soul-wedded bliss..

A Poem by Richard🖌


Free Verse … dedicated to the wedded souls of a wondrously blessed Poetess and Her Poet, in my rendition of the psalm her heart must surely be ..
Love Gave Me Sight ... (soul breaths)

Love Gave Me Sight ... (soul breaths)

A Poem by Richard🖌


Sestets in 9-count lines of ababab, cdcdcd, etc; rhyme-scheme.
Valentine⁓ (for lovers everywhere to share)

Valentine⁓ (for lovers everywhere to share)

A Poem by Richard🖌


Quatrains in iambic tetrameter (8-count), with a simple abab, cdcd, etc; rhyme scheme.
WHAT SHALL BE YOUR NAME? (tender joy)

WHAT SHALL BE YOUR NAME? (tender joy)

A Poem by Richard🖌


Unmetered Rhyming Quatrains (one dusted-off from the archives you might still enjoy)
When Venus Gives Her Sign (light romance)

When Venus Gives Her Sign (light romance)

A Poem by Richard🖌


Ballad (in 8/6/8/6 syllable-count, iambic meter, and an abab, cdcd, etc; rhyme-scheme)
A FINE WRITER HAS LEFT OUR MIDST⁓*

A FINE WRITER HAS LEFT OUR MIDST⁓*

A Poem by Richard🖌


"Tragedy has struck!"
Heartsong⁓* (desire)

Heartsong⁓* (desire)

A Poem by Richard🖌


Doubledown Style 5 (or) Double Eights 'n Sixes (read instructions below first).