Frank Hubeny
The cloudy image on the lake
Comes from the gracious morning light
We left the darkness of the night,
Became aware of what’s at stake.
We now renew, rejoice, remake,
Reflect on what we know as true.
Our part seems small, like morning dew,
But later when the victory’s won
We may find out it was well done
And fully know and be known too.
Frank Hubeny writes: “I often write to prompts. I know other people who are also participating in the prompt will at least give the poem a glance. Ronovan is one of the many people out there posting writing prompts. He has a weekly Décima Poetry Challenge. This form has ten 8-syllable lines with a particular rhyme scheme: abbaaccddc. I do like the sound of four beats per line. I often post my own photos and so write about them if the theme of the prompt permits. For this poem I posted two photos of clouds on a pond in Techny Prairie in Northbrook, Illinois. The last line of the poem is intended to suggest 1 Corinthians 13:12 about seeing reflections, knowing in part and then knowing fully and being fully known. The being “fully known” is what was foremost in my mind. That thought along with the reflections on the pond in the photographs and Ronovan’s challenge to use the word “true” as a rhyme word in a décima motivated me to write this poem.”
Frank Hubeny lives between Miami Beach, Florida, and Northbrook, Illinois. He has been published in The Lyric Magazine, Snakeskin Poetry Webzine, Ancient Paths Literary Magazine, Visual Verse and Vita Brevis. He regularly posts photographs, short prose and poetry to his blog, https://frankhubeny.blog
Form in Formless Times 
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Here is one of my poems featured on Robin Helweg-Larsen’s formal verse blog, “Form in Formless Times”. Thank you, Robin!
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Thanks for contributing it, Frank!
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“Renew, rejoice, remake”- Oh, th power of wordplay 😊💕👍
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So much of poetry’s purpose is the search for the most memorable–most memorizable–phrase.
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You can’t beat the Bible for a significant healthy influence upon really good literature
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In what way would you say it is superior to the Mahabharata, or the Quran, or Greek theatre, or, come to that, Shakespeare? Just curious.
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As a Catholic I see the Bible as the Truth. I don’t know anything about those other religious books. As far as Shakespeare, Greek Theatre, and other classic literature, they have in common with the Bible a profound insight into human nature, which is why so very many cliches come from those writings. To the degree those other religious texts have a similar understanding of mankind, they can be quite significant too
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Fair enough.
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