Adagio

Sojourn sunlight on the horizon
Sojourn sunlight on the horizon
I want to go where rain grows
I want to go where rain grows
Where on the horizon I go
Rain grows sojourn sunlight.

Between grey and emotion my fingers uncurl
Between grey and emotion my fingers uncurl
Where shadows wash aground
Where shadows wash aground
Wash aground where my fingers uncurl
Emotion and where, between grey?

My voice upon fading in adagio
My voice upon fading in adagio
Take my hand from the water now
Take my hand from the water now
Fading in adagio from now take my hand
My voice upon the water.

Sojourn sunlight fading upon the water
Where shadows wash aground in adagio
Between grey and emotion
Rain grows on the horizon from now
Take my hand, my voice
I want to go where my fingers uncurl.

10 comments:

RomanceWriter said...

I have never heard of a paradelle. I am going to mention this post to my readers at Poets Who Blog.I am not sure I am brave enough to try a paradelle but one of them might be.

RomanceWriter said...

Between grey and emotion my fingers uncurl


I really like this line.

Scott Clawson said...

Michelle, I just tried with one my poems that I had already written and just posted on my blog and it was a great experience! It changed how my poem felt, thank you for the challenge. The next inspired moment I get for a poem, I am going to try this from scratch. ;)

Soda said...

Its gonna be real tough. Will surely keep you posted if I try it sometime(and that can be quite too soon). Do drop in to check it at
The Soul and The Witness

sohamdas said...

By the way Michelle, just a brainwave...has Paradelle form in any way a spin off of song writings forms prevalent in Middle Europe. In Eastern cultures mainly Indian, we do believe in repeating the lines which we want to have a positive imapact.

My 2 pence

The Soul and The Witness

janetleigh said...

This paradelle is an interesting form and I think your example was nice, Michelle. I'm not sure I'm ready to try it, but I'll let you know if I do. BTW, I love Poefusion! I've just added a link so my friends can share in my joy! Kudos, and a cartwheel!

Christine said...

I think your example is beautiful. It makes sense in a kind of impressionist way, like Debussey or Monet.

I'm going to give it a whirl.
(sorry my link didn't work :P)

paisley said...

aha... i found it... here is my first attempt at this style....

"my destiny"

The Phantom said...

As requested, my attempt at this difficult form. I will admit that is was satisfying to actually work out something I don't hate completely :-) Walk With Me

The Phantom said...

Not quite sporting not mention that this form was invented as a parody of the villanelle and that Billy Collins attempt was intentionally bad. Had I known that, I might have gone a different way with it. But maybe I'm glad I didn't know. I do like what I produced and it was somewhat theraputic.