Day 23 of NaPoWriMo.
My poem
A diamante.
Hero/villain
hero
selfless, noble
saving, giving, preserving
good, order, chaos, evil
killing, stealing, destroying
selfish, cunning
villain
Featured poem
A rondeau by Susan Jarvis Bryant.
Silence
by Susan Jarvis Bryant
My silence listens to the crows Of bloviators' blow-by-blows — They rise in flares of air so hot They boil and stir the bubbling pot Of heaving sobs and howling woes. My silence slips on tippy toes Between the sly, melodious throes Of crooked lines to learn what's what... My silence listens. My silence hears the fears of those Bombarded by bombastic shows, Ensnared and seared by plots that knot The stomach with rhapsodic rot. I have a nose for phony prose... My silence listens.