Much love, peace, and glimmers to you! ~kat
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And, of course, a poem. A Sevenling to be precise. I took the latest WP cue to look back at previous posts and happened upon the Sevenling. I believe I spent an entire month on this form. Not sure why I stopped. I kind of love this form.
As a refresher:
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).
I had to chuckle at myself a bit. I took step number 4 literally back then. But I do t think the parentheses are needed in the title. Going forward I will be dropping these! 😄
Anyhow, here’s my take. I might stay here a while…as I mentioned, I am very fond of this form!
Sevenling: I have survived
I have survived
generational insanity,
abusive spouses, broken relationships
I have survived
wars, pandemics, civil unrest,
the age of Aquarius
survival is not to the fittest, but to the optimists, stubbornly hopeful
~kat
like mercury colliding... 