A Bright Day
Smiles
delight
all around,
brightening joy
brought to a sometimes dreary, dismal world.
Each of us needs to do what is needed
to spread good cheer
given us
today.
Smile.
(NOTE: This poem is written in the double tetractys format. A tetractys is the following syllable pattern:
1 syllable
2 syllables
3 syllables
4 syllables
10 syllables
A double tetractys is as follows:
1
2
3
4
10
10
4
3
2
1)
Violet Vision
The violet tinge of late sunset sends shadows
against the vine winding its way upward
as if to reach the vast array across the horizon.
While I cut flowers for the vase inside,
I wish I could take the sky’s vibrant hues
before they vanish and place them
somewhere more than a mental view,
some place where the vision could be mine
forever and ever, to be taken from storage
whenever I wished to behold, to enjoy.
But unless Mother Nature dips her brush
in the exact colors once more – unlikely,
the painting I now appreciate shall be
a vagrant thought long gone, a memory.
Flowers on the Wall
I sit staring
blindly
at the flowers climbing
up
the wall, grasping the bricks
with tensile tendrils of vibrant vines through a tenacity
never ending.
The splash of vivid violet contrasts
against the dull drab stone,
while green leaves
lighten the darkness of shadow
as the sun swings its path toward dusk.
Too soon the blooms will die in the dark
for my eyes will no longer view
once the light disappears for another spell of night
without flowers seen.
(NOTE: This poem is in the Pi poetry form. Sixteen lines are formed by a set number of words per line:
3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, 6, 5, 3, 5, 8, 9, 7, 9, and 3.)
Oklahoma Summer
Steamy breezes stir
Summer heat across the land –
Dry, thirsty, and parched.
(NOTE: The traditional haiku has three lines with the following syllables in each: 1st line, 5 syllables; 2nd line, 7 syllables; and 3rd line, 5 syllables. The subject matter is supposed to be about nature. Often a contradiction is found between the first and third line.)
Signs of Spring
Red and yellow splotches
scattered
throughout the lawn today
bring smiles
and yearnings for spring to hurry and stay.
Tulips brighten the last of winter.
(NOTE: This poem is written in the poetry form Archimedes’ Pi. The form has six lines with the following pattern of words per line:
Line 1 – 3 words
Line 2 – 1 word
Line 3 – 4 words
Line 4 – 2 words
Line 5 – 8 words
Line 6 – 6 words
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AUTOPOST by BEDEWY VISIT GAHZLY
