Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Quatrain and Diamante

Two poems I wrote...not the best, but it's something I enjoy. :)
A quatrain: a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes.
A diamante: a poem of seven lines, shaped like a diamond. First and last lines have one word, second and second last have two, third and third last have three, fourth line has four. Usually describes two different subjects.

Melancholy bird
In grey skys
Melancholy words
On grey paper

Esoteric flowers
Confine their bloom
Esoteric powers
Confine their knowledge

Slippery peblles
Evade searching hands
Slippery rebels
Evade searching men

Look and you will see
How very much alike
Nature and thee
Live thy lives


Sky
Majestic, heavenly
Scintillating, guiding, inspiring
Galaxies, stars, flowers, harvests
Sustaining, reaping nurturing
Warm, powerful
Earth

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