Songs unheard

The three voices sing a strange wild song in my head
one sings a sea dirge like a siren inveigling my sailor
listening to this voice fills me with untold dread.

The second voice sings a melancholetta of the dead
listening to it my heart goes fainter, my skin paler
the three voices sing a strange wild song in my head.

But the white knight’s song promises hope in the path ahead
I gather strength, I promise I will not be a wailer
though listening to this voice fills me with a bit of dread.

How mundane seem the worries of water, candy and bread
of future calamities is this but a small trailer?
the three voices sing a strange wild song in my head

Brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers: no one has fled
we praise them all; hail him, hail her
though listening to these voices does fill me with dread

The songs are echoes of all the valiant souls who led
by example. But I am no longer a pushover
the three voices sing a strange wild song in my head
listening to these voices now does not fill me with dread.

Written for dVerse poetics. Today’s host, Sanaa, says: For today’s Poetics, I invite you to play a game with me called, “Carroll Crush Saga.”

The idea here is to select three titles (from a list of Lewis Carroll’s poems) and to blend them together to form a subject for a new poem.

The following is the list. I have used the titles in bold. I have also used “candy”.

Jabberwocky

Brother and Sister

The Walrus and the Carpenter

A Strange Wild Song

All in the Golden Afternoon

My Fancy

The Hunting of the Snark

A Game of Fives

A Sea Dirge

Punctuality

The Aged Aged Man

A Boat beneath a Sunny Sky

Rules and Regulations

The Three Voices

Melancholetta

Epilogue to through the Looking Glass

Four Riddles

The White Knight’s Song

A Valentine

Echoes

The Voice of the Lobster

Size and Tears

Lays of Sorrows

Theme with Variations

Dedication

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