Sevenling (life emerging)
life is emerging in the nooks and
hollows, it’s singing from the eaves
of my century old home
house finch hatchlings beaks agape
kittens, four of them, three white,
one black under the porch
a mourning dove coos from the cable line
~kat
(True story…😊)
The elements of the Sevenling are:
1. a heptastich, a poem in 7 lines made up of 2 tercets followed by a single line. metered at the discretion of the poet.
2. unrhymed.
3. composed with 3 complimentary images in the first tercet and 3 parallel images in the second tercet. The end line is a juxtaposed summary of the 2 parallels, a sort of “punchline”.
4. the poem should be titled “Sevenling: (first few words of poem).
like mercury colliding... 
June 12th, 2019 at 10:25 am
A lovely story, even more so as it’s true!
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June 12th, 2019 at 11:29 am
I hope to have pictures soon. Right now the kittens are wary. We started feeding them yesterday. Have already found homes for them all. Just need to catch em! And then get momma spayed (have a home for her too!
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June 12th, 2019 at 10:32 am
Thoroughly enjoyed this one!
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June 12th, 2019 at 6:51 pm
Thank you Dave! 😊
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June 12th, 2019 at 11:51 am
definitely what one calls a “full house” 🙂
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June 12th, 2019 at 12:51 pm
Not to mention the three dogs, three cats and small parrot that live inside!!! 😳
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June 12th, 2019 at 1:02 pm
it’s a veritable zoo! 😅
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June 12th, 2019 at 3:26 pm
That’s what I call it!!!😊
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June 12th, 2019 at 5:04 pm
you remind me of my niece – she’s an older teenager now, but has always been nuts about animals – wants to be a vet – and she lives in this tiny apartment (with my brother and her mother) and a literal sea of creatures, from fish, to snakes, to cats, and smaller furballs, like guinea pigs, – even had a hedgehog at one point. It’s hard to keep track of them all. And it’s a good thing there isn’t any room for the horses. Holy smokes! LOL – but what works, works, I guess. (says the one who once had 13 cats and a dog)
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June 12th, 2019 at 6:47 pm
On the side we transport rescue pups to their forever homes. I wouldn’t have it any other way!
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June 12th, 2019 at 6:51 pm
clearly you have a very sensitive and generous heart – 🙂
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June 12th, 2019 at 2:17 pm
What a lovely picture!
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June 12th, 2019 at 6:50 pm
Thank you Sadje. I am surrounded by precious little beings! ❤️
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June 12th, 2019 at 7:36 pm
🙏💜
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June 12th, 2019 at 9:16 pm
lucky you!
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June 13th, 2019 at 2:42 am
These Sevenlings are so very clever. I do like them Kat. 💜
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