a sycamore leaf

a sycamore leaf

she dresses in sunlight and lace
raiment once green now rose-gold hued
thinning skin, her bones showing through
facing eternity with grace
raiment once green now rose-gold hued
she dresses in sunlight and lace

~kat

And yet another treasure discovered in these 2 acre woods here under the shadow of Bramlett Mountain…a young sycamore tree, her leaves fading in this hot summer heat. More lessons to be gleaned from this natural wonderland I call home! Happy Saturday to you!

The Biolet

The biolet was invented by the Brazilian poet Filinto de Almeida and first appeared in print in his book Lyrica in 1887. It is a six line poem where the first two lines are repeated as the last two lines, however in reverse. The rhyme scheme is ABbaBA (with the capital letters representing the repeated lines). Most of Almeida’s original biolets in Portuguese were in iambic tetrameter (8 syllables), but you could also try iambic pentameter (10 syllables), iambic hexameter (12 syllables), and unmetered lines of random lengths as well.