The history of Prosperous Snow written for the group Reminiscences |
Romance, Romanticism, Poetry, and Mother's Day Author's Note: I got the ideas for this entry from three challenges presented in "Romance/Love Newsletter (April 1, 2015)" . These challenges were (1) write a romantic poem using acrostic or quatrain forms, (2) Why does poetry matter to you?, and (3) write a Mother's Day poem. Romance Roses, red as the dawn of a cloudy day, Open their dew glistening petals to Music rising from the throat of a nightingale. Alone among the blooms the Nightingale releases his love upon the wind Caressing the scarlet petals of roses Emptying their perfumed passions at first light. Line Count: 7 Form: First line Acrostic: The first letters of each line spell out a word or message. Spring Dawn I walked barefooted across the cold tile of dawn and inhaled the musk of the Vernal Equinox . As I looked through an open window I saw the boughs of cottonwood trees sway; I inhaled the scent of lilacs wafting across the dew soaked grass of morning. Line Count: 11 Form: Romanticism is a poem about nature and love with an emphasis on personal experience. Why does poetry matter to me? Resurrected memories copulate with the hopes of tomorrow birthing metaphor and simile. It is a matter of survival, of pushing the boundaries of stanza and line, of paragraph and sentence, of rhythm and rhyme beyond the limitations of desire. Line Count: 9 Form: Free verse no specific rhythm or rhyme scheme. Mother's Day Poem Mother's Day is a day of prayer, Of remembering her silver hair, Of crying because I miss her face, And the wrinkles I could trace. Line Count: 4 Form: Quatrain with a rhyme scheme of aabb. |