tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-05-12:2014669 (are we there yet?) kokopelle 2015-04-29T18:47:59Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-05-12:2014669:520559 2015-04-29T18:47:59Z 2015-04-29T18:47:59Z contemplative public 0 A masque is defined as “a form of amateur dramatic entertainment, popular among the nobility in 16th- and 17th-century England, which consisted of dancing and acting performed by masked players”. Masque of the Red Death was a tale about death visiting a fateful masquerade ball. My poem “Masque” is about the festivities of life, and the backdrop therein.<br /><br /><br />Masque<br />Poem for Day 119 – 20150429<br /><br />Put on the masque,<br />regale the throngs<br />with music, dancing<br />acting, and song.<br />Wear the mask,<br />the face of like,<br />on this stage <br />of ill concealed.<br />Contracts suborned<br />by sickness inner,<br />have strength <br />to portray<br />the smiling outer.<br />Make merry,<br />hide terror,<br />to fair patrons,<br />consorts all<br />in a play<br />most bitter.<br />The masque goes<br />on,<br />life dies<br />within,<br />hope worn<br />outside<br />as soul<br />expires within.<br /><br />© 2015. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=kokopelle&ditemid=520559" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments