Thursday 16 January 2014

Restrained writing

(I don't write these formidable nuisances very often: here is a poem that is restricted to all words possessing the vowel 'e' and syllable count matching.)

Green


The freeze here ends: green seeds embedded


The seeds germinate: slender stems erect.                                         

Fresh sweet flowerets emerge. Perfect.                                               

Trees see green anew: unseen bees merry below.                             

Behold the earth’s green: explore the splendid scene.                      

The leaves then fell beneath feet.  Deceased.                                    

We need greens return.                                                                           

2 comments:

  1. Well there's a poem! I've sure never tried one. I'm scared!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gTAet4APj0

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  2. Thanks. Poems are difficult enough to write anyway without tight constraints. I'm dedicating it to Keri.

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