Precocious - Group Poem

Some claim April rain                            (Grace of Words like foam on the waves)
brings the blossoms of May, but
trees here are hasty


like youth, ardor unrestrained               (( Margaret - Art Happens 365)
eager for springs first sweet kiss


Sakura blossoms                                    (Kerry O'Connor of Skylover)
In the arms of old man tree
Drops of moonlit milk


showgirls will perform a dance             Ella's Edge
inspired by Moon light's embrace


her graceful waves in                            Laurie Kolp Poetry
a risque spring ballet, legs
kick the darkened sky


stars wink at rainbow feathers              Susie Clevenger of Confessions of A L. G.
that tease with each fluttering

My full heart flutters,                           Me

I become dancer and dance

under April’s moon

Imaginary Garden with Real Toads is having us do a group poem!  It's called a renga, and has an alternating syllable pattern in the stanzas of 5-7-5 / 7-7.  The challenge is presented by Grace, who did the first stanza.  I am the 7th participant.  Take a look at the whole thing, and the details by clicking on the Imaginary Garden link, and join the fun!

Happy Easter

The greatest gift of Easter is hope.   -Basil Hume

Image: henrykisor.blogspot.com

A-muse-ing Assistant

When I write, Otis

is constant inspiration

and impediment 




Check out the Purple Treehouse for more humor.

Archimede's Lover

 Where do I place the

 fulcrum

  to move

heaven         and          earth

 for

 you?

Image: engraving from Mechanics Magazine London, 1824

Meanwhile

     
     What will be recalled

     through distant times and places?

     A throw-away phrase

     could linger on for ages

     in the mind of another.

Doctor, Doctor!

I’m waiting for a magic box

to take me far away from here

with just one key for all its locks.

I’m waiting for a magic box

to turn back time and foil the clocks.

I’ll step inside and disappear.

I’m waiting for a magic box

to take me far away from here.

This form is a triolet: eight lines with only two rhymes used throughout. The first line is repeated in the fourth and seventh lines; the second line is repeated in the final line.  Only the first two end-words are used to complete the tight rhyme scheme: ABaAabAB, where capital letters indicate repeated lines.


This is for Real Toads where you can go to read some wonderful poetry.

Nesting

    He sits

    knitting a house of sticks

    to stave off harpies

    who would

    pluck his bloody,

    still beating heart

    from the vest pocket

    where he keeps it,

    wrapped

    in a monogramed

    handkerchief.

Check out The Mag for more responses to this curious image.

Image by ParkeHarrison