Sevenling (it’s difficult)

sometimes it’s difficult
to do the right thing
to tell the truth, harder yet to hear it

but sleep comes easy,
to a clear conscience
honesty and a willingness to accept truth

what is a friend if not painfully honest

~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.
2. metered at the discretion of the poet.
3. 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 (at the seashore)

at the seashore shell shards
sparkle, seagulls swoop, plucking
mole crabs from the sand

angry waves swirl and swell,
swallowing the beach before
returning to the deep

don’t forget the sunscreen

~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.
2. metered at the discretion of the poet.
3. 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 (flying lessons)

the flying lessons commence
trembling fledglings, wings aflutter
flapping wildly, catching air, to freedom

the nest is silent now, remnants
of feathers, berry pits, seed chaff
scattered amidst brittle twigs and twine

never to return, she waits by the phone

~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.
2. metered at the discretion of the poet.
3. 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 (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).