how fragile life is
a hiccup in time
how fragile life is
touched by the divine
miraculously
a hiccup in time
yet vast as the sea
a breath, a soft sigh
miraculously
though all things must die
to be born again
a breath, a soft sigh
beginning to end
interconnected
to be born again
sweetly perfected
how fragile life is
interconnected
how fragile life is
kat ~ 28 February 2017
(A Terzanelle Poem)
she always blooms in autumn time
golden bursts of fading summer
she always blooms in autumn time
shorter days and frost become her
fragile petals clinging softly
golden bursts of fading summer
sparking memories held fondly
days of innocence and sweetness
fragile petals clinging softly
cycling seasons meant to teach us
letting go is not the ending
days of innocence and sweetness
‘midst the thorns she thrives ascending
though the winter looms in waiting
letting go is not the ending
rooted deep, her heart pulsating
though the winter looms in waiting
she always blooms in autumn time
she always blooms in autumn time
kat ~ 17 October 2016
(A Terzanelle – Each line’s meter should be the same/Rhyme Pattern: ABA bCB cDC dED eFE fFAA)
how she presses toward the light
though her feet are rooted deep
how she presses toward the light
past the edge while others sleep
walls cannot contain her here
though her feet are rooted deep
tossed by tempests, numb with fear
resisting every urge to hide
walls cannot contain her here
now she sees the other side
breaks free from the shuttered throng
resisting every urge to hide
proving the naysayers wrong
darkness thwarted in the end
breaks free from the shuttered throng
even roots must stretch and bend
how she presses toward the light
darkness thwarted in the end
how she presses toward the light
kat ~ 23 October 2016
(A Terzanelle)
She lets you believe
you are in control
she lets you believe
deep down in your soul
your wishes she’ll embrace
you are in control
beguiled by her grace
blinded to her verve
your wishes she’ll embrace
selfish to preserve
she cannot be crossed
blinded to her verve
that when you have lost
you won’t even care
she cannot be crossed
no one can ensnare
a force such as she
you won’t even care
stunned by her beauty
she lets you believe
a force such as she
she lets you believe.
kat ~ 26 September 2016
(a Terzanelle)
We are over the hump, day 16! Today I am exploring the Terzanelle. For starters, isn’t it a lovely word to say…Terzanelle. 🙂 It is a combination of the Villanelle and the Terza Rima poetry forms.
A 19-line poem consisting of five interlocking triplets/tercets, the last stanza is a
quatrain with the first and third lines of the first triplet appearing as refrains. The middle line of each triplet is repeated, reappearing as the last line of the succeeding triplet with the exception of the center line of the next-to-the-last stanza which appears in the quatrain.
Yikes! Sounds complicated, but it’s not. Seeing it in diagram will hopefully dispel any confusion. The rhyme and refrain scheme for the triplets is as follows:
1. A
2. B
3. A
4. b
5. C
6. B
7. c
8. D
9. C
10. d
11. E
12. D
13. e
14. F
15. E
Ending Type 1:
16. f
17. A
18. F
19. A
Ending Type 2:
16. f
17. F
18. A
19. A
Each line of the poem should be the same metrical length.
Spring Longing
I remember you in spring
When the rose bush bursts in bloom
I remember you in springIts sweet fragrance heavy looms
The soft breeze caressing me
When the rose bush bursts in bloomWaves of longing crushing me
Your breath dusting my warm skin
The soft breeze caressing meBreaking my heart once again
Do you ever think of us?
Your breath dusting my warm skinLove’s refrain fades in the dust
Oh to hear your voice again
Do you ever think of us?Can’t accept this bitter end
Oh to hear your voice again
I remember you in spring
I remember you in springkat ~ 16 April 2016
like mercury colliding... 