[stylist] New poem--Cane of Cchulhu

[Barbara HAMMEL]

That bothered me, too. They were short lines and then for no rhyme or reason they grew twice as long. It made me stop and have to gather myself back into the poem when I noticed it.
Barbara

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> On Jul 21, 2015, at 14:36, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Shawn,
> 
> Interesting poem. I like the metaphor you have going. Curious, what type of
> poem is this? The line length changes towards end, wondering about format.
> 
> Bridgit
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jacobson,
> Shawn D via stylist
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 1:52 PM
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> Subject: [stylist] New poem--Cane of Cchulhu
> 
> OK
> 
> I got tired of being blocked, so decided to scribble down a poem for what
> it's worth.
> 
> And here it is.
> 
> Shawn
> 
> Cane of Cchulhu
> 
> Surely elder gods
> who dwell in deepest darkness
> do not walk by sight
> 
> Cchulhu it is said
> lives in utter darkness
> in stygian caves or lightless voids
> in realms beyond the ken of man.
> 
> And so what would this creature know of light to it as alien as is blindness
> to those who see and trust in sight alone happy in their normal
> suppositions.
> 
> So should Cchulhu walk our mundane ground what then could help to navigate
> our ways a cane perhaps to help him on his way through the intricacies of
> the lands we take for granted.
> 
> And what then of this soul,
> nether living in sight or blindness
> surrounded by a mighty unseen host
> by Gods and monsters alien to my nature.
> 
> Then should I seek Cchulhu's cane.
> So as to walk with barrowed confidence,
> the ways of light and darkness
> all of the worlds in which I dwell.
> 
> I do not walk by sight
> for I to live in darkness
> in need of guidance.
> 
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