Times and Seasons
Category: January 2015
Seek to Find
(graphic from SGLY Ministry-www.smilegodlovesyou.org)
Tetractys, a poetic form invented by Ray Stebbing, consists of 5 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 syllables (total of 20).
Its challenge is to express a complete thought, profound or comic, witty or wise, within the narrow compass of twenty syllables.
(Info taken from Shadow Poetry )
Its challenge is to express a complete thought, profound or comic, witty or wise, within the narrow compass of twenty syllables.
(Info taken from Shadow Poetry )
Sweet Sixteen
This Sweet Sixteen poem was written for my other grand-daughter who is turning 16 soon.
I am going to use this for her birthday card.
This is my first time using the Minute form and it was quite a challenge because of the rhyme and syllable count.
I don’t know why it is called “Minute” poem! It certainly took me more than a minute to write this poem! 🙂
Fifteen
Original Poetry by Leona J. Atkinson ©2015
(graphics from clker.com)
This is kind of a fun little form. I decided to try this form (that I had never tried before) because upon learning that its name meant “fifteen”, I immediately thought of my grand-daughter who just turned 15 years old, and so, I wanted to write a poem for her 15th birthday card! 🙂
“The English word quinzaine come from the French word qunize, meaning fifteen. A quinzaine is an unrhymed verse of fifteen syllables. These syllables are distributed among three lines so that there are seven syllables in the first line, five in the second line and three in the third line (7/5/3). The first line makes a statement. The next two lines ask a question relating to that statement.”
( from Shadow Poetry—http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/quinzaine.html )
DayDreams
Fashion
Circle of Life
Something New
2015
FAQ
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