under the juniper

I found this hollow hallowed loam
while walking by the forest’s edge
just beyond the blackberry hedge
a place once used by fawning doe
while walking by the forest’s edge
I found this hollowed hallow loam

I paused a spell to take it in
underneath the juniper tree
space enough for two or three
this shelter from the rain and wind
underneath the juniper tree
I paused a spell to take it in

when my soul’s in need of healing
you might find me nestled here
where kindred faerie folk and deer
hiddled ‘neath the emerald ceiling
you might find me nestled here
when my soul’s in need of healing

~kat

I missed a day and had planned to stray a wee bit by expanding this one stanza 6-line micropoem to two…but then it was clear I needed three stanzas to give it proper due. At any rate this is a real place that I found last night while walking on the wood’s edge. What a find! I discover something new to fill my soul every day. I hope you too happen upon a treasure like this wherever you are. Miracles are everywhere! 😊 Peace 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.