engrained randomness
multidimensional growth
map of a lifetime
lines
random
seemingly
interwoven
seasons on
lifetime’s
map
lines immutable
tracing both surfeit and drought
life ever in flux
strength and weakness on display
record irrefutable
Day Twenty-Eight of 2016 NaPoWriMo.
haiku ~ syllable progression 5-7-5
sept ~ syllable progression 1-2-3-4-3-2-1
tanka ~ syllable progression 5-7-5-7-7
autumn’s fashion show
displayed across Ozark bluffs
umber lacing green
reds
once green
framed in blue
slowly falling
from the sky
autumn
leaves
vibrant in passing
leaves dancing, grasping the air
the days of autumn
prelude to winter’s slumber
conjured by a simple frost
This is my response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry Challenge #4: Seasons
…to write a poem, naming a season, in one of three formats:
Sept – seven lines of 1-2-3-4-3-2-1 syllables
Haiku – three lines of 5-7-5 syllables
Tanka – five lines of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables
I decided to incorporate all three into one poem.
Ken
when
Marvin
rings your bell
on Halloween
he’s there for
bars from
Mars
My whimsical response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry Challenge #3: Samhain
~ write a sept about Samhain (Halloween, All Hallows, etc.)
Too obscure? Hey, if you can’t have fun at Halloween, when can you?
Sept: a poetry form of seven lines following the syllable pattern of 1-2-3-4-3-2-1
glide
Cygnus
your beauty
and elegance
reflected
in your
grace
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry Challenge #2: Swans
Sept: a poetry form of seven lines following the syllable pattern of 1-2-3-4-3-2-1
Image source: Wikimedia Commons
Auffliegende Schwäne (Pleasant Swans) by Walter Leistikow
(as suggested by Jane Dougherty)
faith
offered
accepted
no exceptions
willingly
embraced
love
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry Challenge: Sept
Sept: a poetry form of seven lines following the syllable pattern of 1-2-3-4-3-2-1
Image source: Jan van Eyck, The Complete Works
Detail from Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife 1434 by Jan van Eyck
(as suggested by Jane Dougherty)
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