I couldn’t resist writing a triolet today for the Poetic Asides Poem-a-Day Challenge. The prompt was to make the title: “The Trouble is [blank]”, and then write the poem.
The Trouble is in the Rime
Sometimes when you write a triolet
you end up with imperfect rhymes
and your best intentions go astray.
Sometimes when you write a triolet
you realize you have more to say
but you’ve just run out of lines.
Sometimes when you write a triolet
you end up with imperfect rhymes.
My day 6 haiku is now posted on DailyHaiku.
Every day this week, I will have a new haiku posted. Please follow along!
My other haiku for this week:
Name: Hannah Gosselin
Location: Maine, USA
Blog: Metaphors and Smiles
How do you know Cara? Cara and I have crossed paths in the poem-ing magic of Poetic Asides @ The Writer’s Digest blog and more recently we’ve met up in the NaHaiWriMo (National Haiku Writing Month), on a facebook page.
How long have you been writing poetry? I’ve been writing poetry almost perpetually since April 2009 and I dabbled in it as a child writing cards and in high school, too.
What kind of poetry do you write? I enjoy writing of nature and I like to bring in elements of spirituality. 🙂
Please share a poem:
Recently offered @ the PAD challenge:
~SOMETHING INSIDE~
Slow-stolen morning moments,
swindled before the creeping sun,
some early time spent climbing,
scaling the paleness of my skin.
Dredging with a bottom-net
I set about to word gather,
rather I should find creepers;
green verbs mixed amid growth.
Drawing my attention instead
a spider moves along smoothly
lilting, long-legged on length of wall,
stalling, stringing out fine silk
it finds gumption and plunges
easily to vacant, wide-open spaces.
In a free fall, faith binding
riding it out, hoping for a bottom,
trusting that thread won’t wear
or come to an end before its destination.
My heart is hesitant and needy,
hungry for this kind of strength.
When I feel the farthest from myself
from my source that I should be ready,
willing to bungee jump into the abyss
permit the search to go deeper,
descend on His design
looking for the “something inside.”
© Hannah Gosselin and Metaphors and Smiles, 2012.
Thank you, Cara, for this gracious sharing in your poetic life!! Smiles to everyone!
April 26 has been designated national Poem in your Pocket Day.
And what clever poet friends I have. In this post you will find haiku, haiga, a limerick, a triolet, a Fibonacci, an ovillejo, and other short and long form poetry. Click on the name of each poem to read it. And enjoy!
Cara Holman: summer butterfly
Christine L. Villa: crawling
Madeleine Begun Kane: Limerick Quest
Merrill Gonzales: nor’easter predicted
Ellen Grace Olinger: Saturday Poem
Symanntha Renn: grass that used to be green
Alegria Imperial: Light as Magic
Ina Roy-Faderman: Mockingbird
Bruce W. Niedt: Big Picture
Kirsten Cliff: At the Graveyard
De Jackson: O, Let’s Not
Gillena Cox: End of April
And be sure to check out these two other Poem in Your Pocket blog posts, that I contributed to:
“A Poem in Your Pocket 2012” on Gillena Cox’s Lunch Break blog.
“Poem in Your Pocket Day…” on Margaret Dornaus’ Haiku-doodle blog.
And two more poems:
Merrill Gonzales: “I forget my lips are roughed, at the clear water.” by Chiyojo (1703-1775)
Jacqueline Hallenbeck:
“Three Little Pigs in a Blanket”
Three Little Pigs in a Blanket
crashed a pajama party.
One started playing the trumpet.
Three Little Pigs in a Blanket
pulled out a rope and tried to jump it.
Their names were Zeik, Bo and Marty.
Three Little Pigs in a Blanket
crashed a pajama party.
(c) jh 4/20/12
My day 5 haiku is now posted on DailyHaiku.
Every day this week, I will have a new haiku posted. Please follow along!
My other haiku for this week:
Name: Robert Lee Brewer
Location: Duluth, Georgia
Blogs: My Name is Not Bob and Poetic Asides
How do you know Cara? I know Cara mainly through her participation with the Poetic Asides group on WritersDigest.com. We’re also Facebook friends, so I keep up with her that way as well.
How long have you been writing poetry? Around 20 years now, I guess, though I still feel like a beginner.
What kind of poetry do you write? I’m not affiliated with any one school or style. For me, the beauty of poetry is its diversity, and I love poking around in all of poetry’s nooks and crannies. Some of my poems try to describe a moment or a scene; other poems are just obvious attempts at playing with words and sounds.
Please share a poem:
Here’s a poem I wrote last year for a poetry reading that was received well, so I’ll probably use it again in the future.
“Delivery”
This poem is mostly flawed.
For one, I didn’t count the syllables,
but also, it’s not particularly inspired.
At least, that’s what I’ve been told.
If I were a better speaker, I might
be able to hide its flaws in my delivery,
but I’m probably more flawed than this poem.
For instance, I’m a liar.
I snuck into this poem after hours
and measured the lines.
Words were cut.
I transplanted a perfectly healthy metaphor
into the rib cage of a younger poem,
one with a little more promise.
Believe me, I did what I could for this poem,
because I brought it into this world,
but at the end of the day, it’s not much–
just another part of me exposed to the world
that didn’t live up to its full potential.
My day 4 haiku is now posted on DailyHaiku.
Every day this week, I will have a new haiku posted. Please follow along!
My other haiku for this week:
Name: Julie Warther
Location: Dover, Ohio
How do you know Cara? I met Cara at HNA in Seattle last August. We both attended Garry Gay’s rengay workshop and have been rengaying ever since.
How long have you been writing poetry? I’ve been writing poetry for about four years.
What kind of poetry do you write? Originally children’s poetry but now almost exclusively haiku.
Please share a poem:
trapped beneath a paw
curiosity
frees the fly
– Haiku on the Cat, Violet Press, 2012
fly ball
a sparrow catches
the outfielder’s eye
– Berry Blue Haiku, March 2011
at first not seeing
the finch
the forsythia
– Mu, Issue II
My day 3 haiku is now posted on DailyHaiku.
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My other haiku for this week:
Name: Meena Rose
Location: Portland, Oregon
Blog: Through the Eyes of Meena Rose
How do you know Cara? I met Cara through the Writer’s Mill; a local writing group that meets at the Cedar Mill Community Library
How long have you been writing poetry? I started writing poetry in 2009 as result of the encouragement of two poets I knew from the Writer’s Retreat hosted by the Institute of Children’s Literature.
What kind of poetry do you write? While I have experimented with various poetic forms, I find myself enjoying the freedom that comes with free form poetry. They do say “write what you know”, so you will see certain themes with my writing such as reflective and spiritual writing relating to events in my life and my continued personal journey, creative writing relating to Ancients and a bygone time, and various responses to the many poetic prompts and challenges out there.
Please share a poem:
By: Meena Rose
A glimmer at the edge
Of my vision,
A shimmer of the real
World.
A scent of Jasmine tickles
My nose,
A hint of a far off
Place.
A lone harp plays within range of
My ears,
A tone of the heavenly
Beyond.
A welcome sweetness erupts within
My mouth,
A wholesome taste of
Ambrosia.
A gentle breath upon
My neck,
A subtle touch of
Desire.
Where am I, I wonder
The glare of the sun
Blinding me.
Dumuzi, my consort,
It is me, Innana.
Your Goddess,
Your lover.
I am trapped
Within this mortal.
It is still me;
I need you, Love, to strengthen me.
Release me; free me;
YOU AWAKENED ME!
I blink and look around
Startled that I am in
Rush hour traffic.
Covered in sweat,
Heart pounding
Chest heaving.
What just happened
To me?
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