Poetic Form 99: Madrigal

 What Love Means

When they see us they will know what love means.

Hand in hand in step with the fading light,

I understand why birds are called to flight.

I wake early to see the morning glean

on skin, promises mixing with sunlight.

When they see us they will know what love means.

Hand in hand in step with the fading light.

I admit to getting lost in-between

seductive kisses and your smile bright.

My heart soars with the doves in clouds of white.

When they see us they will know what love means.

Hand in hand in step with the fading light,

I understand why birds are called to flight.

Poetic Form #99: Madrigal

The madrigal is an Italian form. There are two main types, the Italian and English.

I will focus on the English. The English form was developed by Geoffrey Chaucer. 

It is written in iambic pentameter, with three stanzas: a tercet, quatrain, and sestet. 

All three of the lines in the opening tercet are refrains.

The form follows this rhyme pattern:

Line 1: A

Line 2: B1

Line 3: B2

Line 4: a

Line 5: b

Line 6: A

Line 7: B1

Line 8: a

Line 9: b

Line 10: b

Line 11: A

Line 12: B1

Line 13: B2

Poetic Form 59: Sonnet

 

When I listen to the morning sunlight

slowly burn away night’s heavy covers,

I hear the soft voice of song birds in flight

singing in celebration to discover

all the ways to spend the minutes today.

Opportunities leading down the aisle

to our seat next to love, this life’s mainstay.

Moments, both joyful and heartbreaking, play

across our soul’s screen. Memories made when

we decide to walk through the front door to

sing with the birds, feel sunlight on our skin.

The day is new, let your goals follow through.

When I lay my head down as night falls,

I know tomorrow will start with dawn’s call.

Poetic Form #59: Sonnet

There are a few different types of sonnets that have evolved over time, but most sonnet

forms share these characteristics:

• Fourteen lines separated into four sections called quatrains.
• A strict rhyme scheme: As an example, a Shakespearean sonnet
• is ABAB / CDCD / EFEF / GG
• Written in iambic pentameter (but this is also an area that is changing -
• I tried, but my poem is not perfect).

A Shire Morning

A Shire Morning

Early morning, late July in the year of vision

Sun just leaving the horizon

Morning chill mixes with the symphony of birds

Corn a deep green fence sitting across the road

White clouds mixing with the changing hues of blue

I stand at the end of my driveway

Breathing in the new air

Exhaling the fear of troubled sleep

The neighborhood goes quiet as my soul spins

into an eternal moment

I feel how all directions 

lead back to where I am standing

No matter where my story leads

or the adventures my children grow into

Home is here

The sun warms my neck while the breeze cools my face

I close my eyes

At least for a moment

I felt that all was good in the world

Poetic Form 42: Than-bauk

Never lost for words,

mind writes birds, some

two-thirds take flight.

Poetic Form #42: Than-bauk

The than-bauk form has three lines with four syllables per line. It has an interesting
internal rhyme scheme; the final syllable of the first line rhymes with the third 
syllable of the second line and second syllable of the third line.

Poetic Form 36: Cinquain

Flying

I wish

I could take to 

the sky like a bird. Free

from the gravity of life. Wings

spread out.

Poetic Form #36: Cinquain

The cinquain form is a five-line poem composed of 2 syllables in the first line,
4 in the second line, 6 in the third, 8 in the fourth, and 2 in the fifth.

Poetic Form 1: Bref double

The Park

There is a small park

next to our home.

No swings or slides,

just a variety of birds and trees.

My daughters like to see how

the seasons leave their mark

on the tree’s branches,

how the flowers turn to leaves.

There are robins and larks

that build their homes that my girls

always want to see. It sparks

wonder I leave unidentified.

They see beauty in the variety of bark

and wings, as only a heart can betide.

Poetic Form #1: Bref double

A Bref double is a 14 line French poetic form consisting of three quatrains and a final couplet.
There are a few variations for the rhyme scheme. I used:

axbc
xaxc
axab
ab

Poetry Challenge Day 9: Ekphrastic

*The prompt today was to write an ekphrastic poem. Which is a poem inspired by a work of art: a painting, a sculpture, a photograph. Writer's Digest had five photographs we could use as inspiration for our poem. I decided to not have a visual connected to my post today to see if the poem would be enough for you to see the prompt in your mind.

Ekphrastic #5

I feel the darkness of doubt

Heavy on my shoulders

The bars keep the light of life

From my hands

My ambitions left in my pockets

Reduced to a few coins

Some lint and a candy wrapper

But I keep patting them hoping for more

Each day filled with regret

Of not finding a way out of this room

Of course I know that there is a door

I just can't see it (nor do I try)

Instead I watch the birds fly

From this simple square

Cut into the walls 

Of a room I built for myself