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Rhyme n' Metre

Thomas McKendry

New poetry in classical forms, and the discovery of the English poetic tradition.

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Till Death: Part II

The blow to the heart (Rene Magritte, 1952)


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When carried on the evening breeze
A cry to make the marrow freeze;
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Till Death: Part I

Allegory of Love (detail), Gustav Klimt (1895)


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Between the curtains, barely drawn,
He watched the rosy-fingered dawn;
The barrel of his s...
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Sonnet XXXVIII

(The Execution of Father Francisco Vera by firing squad for celebrating the Holy Mass, Jalisco, Mexico, 1927)


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A gun to the head and suddenly anyt...
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Sonnet XXXVII

Ships in the Stillness of the Night (Ivan Aivazovsky, 1888)


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If we had only had but one more day,
Or just an hour, we may have had the time...
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The Poet's Head

The Poor Poet (Carl Spitzweg, 1837)


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One late November, walking round
A local chapel's burial ground,
I saw a freshly shoveled grave
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  • Thomas McKendry

    Catholic - Australian - Poet - Musician. Student of Philosophy at Pontificia Università San Tommaso D'Aquino (Angelicum). Published by The Clayjar Review, Ekstasis, PFPOI. People's Choice Award for the 2025 ESU Formal Verse Contest.

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