Video Poetry Reading - The Thrum of Kalon

over 4 years ago (Edited)

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The Thrum of Kalon is an Acrostic poem, inspired by the prompt of the concept word, Kalon. The acrostic style is a form of poetry I haven't tackled in a while. Acrostic poetry is where the first or last letter of each line spells out a word, in this case the prompt word of the poem. If you want to read more about the acrostic form, please check out the full explanation here.... Check out the video performance on YouTube below.

As the etymology of the word 'Kalon' dates back to antiquity and ancient Greek times, the Acrostic form felt right as it has its origins as far back as the writing of the bible. The definition of the word Kalon is:

I hope you have enjoyed this short video and poetry reading. The music used in the video is "The Sky of our Ancestors" by Kevin MacLeodfrom from royalty free site, incompetech.com. Please follow this link to verify. The image used for the thumbnail is sourced from pixabay.com, creative commons, check link to verify.