A Cleave Poem for Jane Dougherty’s Poetry Challenge “Message in a Bottle” with the prompt words: ethereal, placid, meander, forget, silver.
A cleave poem is three poems in one. To read it, start with the first “column” (in plain text) from top to bottom, then read the second (in bold italics), and finally read each line all the way across. In this Cleave poem there are two stories to tell, worlds apart until the message in a bottle connects them. It is serendipitous! 🙂
I found your message do you think of me?
as I meandered along the placid sea I know you are there
under the silver moon somewhere in the ethereal mist
I have sensed your presence forever so I wrote my heart
visiting my dreams, azure strokes of ink on parchment
your kisses on the cool breeze trusting destiny’s providence
waves caressing my feet to deliver this message
as the sun sets past the horizon on some distant shore
where you wait…and now I wait.
kat ~ 18 May 2016
May 19th, 2016 at 11:45 pm
WOW one of your best cleave poems yet!!! I just love this, you pulled it off with perfection!
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May 19th, 2016 at 11:48 pm
Thank you! I wanted to tell both sides of the story of this photo and a cleave poem seemed like the perfect form. 🙂
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May 21st, 2016 at 12:24 pm
And you’ve done it perfectly.
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May 21st, 2016 at 3:56 pm
Thanks Ken 🙂
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May 20th, 2016 at 2:58 am
This is great Kat, you have grasped the ethereal moment of love reaching out. Excellent! So clever! xxx
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May 20th, 2016 at 3:00 am
That moment is pure magic! 🙂
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May 20th, 2016 at 3:13 am
It is!
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May 20th, 2016 at 4:17 am
Another cleave poem filled with longing! Nice one, Kat 🙂
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May 20th, 2016 at 6:05 am
Thanks Jane. 😊
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May 20th, 2016 at 1:55 pm
Hey kat, I would have written something very similar, if I hadnt read yours…So I changed my mind And went back to triolet…. great job! I just loved reading it agaian n again
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May 20th, 2016 at 3:04 pm
Wow! Great minds!
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May 20th, 2016 at 8:06 pm
I love cleave poetry. This is beautiful and poignant.I like the description “azure strokes”. Great writing Kat!
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May 20th, 2016 at 8:16 pm
Thanks Mandi. I am very fond of cleave poetry as well.
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May 22nd, 2016 at 11:19 am
I really like this kind of poetry and this one is awesome!
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May 22nd, 2016 at 12:20 pm
I like this poetry form two. It can reveal so much detail. 😊
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May 24th, 2016 at 5:46 am
[…] Serendipity | like mercury colliding… […]
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May 24th, 2016 at 6:15 am
Nicely done. We had sort of the same idea. 🙂
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May 24th, 2016 at 10:27 am
Very similar Merril. Thanks!
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