Friday, December 23, 2016

Ballad of the Past Participles

Ballad of the Past Participles


Risen, shaken, soon mistaken.
Given, driven, thrown, forsaken,
Lorn and frozen, taken, torn,
Shown but hidden, fallen, flown,
Striven, swollen, overgrown,
Forsworn, forgiven, forgotten, gone.

Woven, riven, thriven on,
Gotten, stolen, eaten, drunk,
Smitten, written, been and done,
Boughten, beaten, spent and slunk.

Bidden, chidden, known and meant.
Graven — broken — hidden — pent.
Sown then shone then mown then fled:
Bethought, begotten, born and dead.


Reed Woodhouse








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