Looking back at where I’ve been
Won’t get me where I want to be
Thinking of what life was then
Looking back at where I’ve been
Mulling over where I was when
Hides the future from me
Looking back at where I’ve been
Won’t get me where I want to be
Triolet
Been there
Walking away
From that place I’ve tread
Looking for a new horizon
To rise
Unexpectedly right before me
With paths that lead upward
Promising a
Future
Butterfly Cinquain
“I always get to where I am going by walking away from where I have been”. —Pooh
New Year days in flight,
Flying away like fall leaves.
What is your vision?
Are your dreams anchored down,
To withstand the winds of time?
Tanka
And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry Habakkuk 2:2-3
Imagine a life
Without time
Envision heaven
Syllable Lune
#iartdaily Day 6 Prompt: Envision
Don’t let any moment slip by
Cus hours tend to fly
Seconds march on
Til life is gone
And the clock hands can’t be delayed
Minutes fade
The hourglass runs
No past reruns
Your life’s chronology is now
Present avow
Future gain
Not live in vain.
Minute Poem
#OctPoWriMo Day 20
Theme: Time Lord
Word Prompts:
moment, hours, minutes, clock, hourglass, future, past, present,
chronology
Suggested Form:
In keeping with the time theme and for those who really want a challenge, try a Minute poem. For less of a challenge try Loop poem
Dont let your dreams slip away
And fall through the cracks of life
Expect the unexpected and hold tight
Look at each day with new eyes
Keep your future plans alive
Dont let your dreams slip away
There’ll always be imperfections
Trying to crush dreams until they crumble
And fall through the cracks of life
So if you stumble and fall, rise up
Begin again, grasp your dreams
Expect the unexpected and hold tight
Cascade
#OctPoWriMo Day 11
Falling Through The Cracks
Suggested poetry form: Cascade
Cascade, a form created by Udit Bhatia, is all about receptiveness, but in a smooth cascading way like a waterfall. The poem does not have any rhyme scheme; therefore, the layout is simple. Say the first verse has three lines. Line one of verse one becomes the last line of verse two. To follow in suit, the second line of verse one becomes the last line of verse three. The third line of verse one now becomes the last line of verse four, the last stanza of the poem. See the structure example below:
a/b/c, d/e/A, f/g/B, h/i/C
To make the Cascade an even longer poem, use more lines in verse one. For example, if verse one has 6 lines, the poem must have seven stanzas so that each line of verse one is reused as a refrain in each following stanza (a cascading effect).
Word Prompts:
unexpected, imperfection, slipping,
with new eyes, begin again
Questioning my purpose
Walking everyday
And yet I’m going nowhere
On the treadmill of life
Need to stop and get off
That sad revolving belt
Get out in the real world
Find new paths to walk on
New voices to listen
To, and new faces to see
Realize I’m in control
Of where my feet step
I need to choose wisely
And plan future paths
Syllabic Verse
