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).

Sevenling (spent years)

I have spent years…decades
surviving, on too little sleep
working a job to make ends meet

Burning the candle at both ends
too little time for leisure (what’s that?)
and long conversations with friends

joy etched in smile lines and stretch marks

~kat

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.
4. 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”.
5. the poem should be titled “Sevenling: (first few words of poem).

Sevenling (she is)

she is
not weak or hysterical or
a temptress to be subjugated

she is
powerful, intuitive
a force to be reckoned with

if only she knew

~kat

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.
4. 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”.
5. the poem should be titled “Sevenling: (first few words of poem).

Sevenling (a divide)

there is a divide
growing wider, deeper, charred
with the remains of bridges burned

its names are many,
pride, judgment, self righteousness,
isolationism, nationalism, patriotism

foundations that shift like sand at the edge

~kat

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.
4. 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”.
5. the poem should be titled “Sevenling: (first few words of poem).