by Kirstena | May 12, 2023 | Blog, Form Friday, Poetry
Butterflies with colored wings.Children’s voices as they sing.Rainbows arching in the sky,These are my favorite things. The Englyn Cyrch is a Welsh bardic form. It is a quatrain stanza with seven syllables in each line. Lines 1, 2, and 4 have the same end...
by Kirstena | May 5, 2023 | Blog, Form Friday, Poetry
Hope is in the air, A whispered prayer. Riding the currents of love, Not meant to depart It lands in our hearts. A gift from our God above. Symbi Poem: It is a six line (sestet) with syllable counts of 5/5/7/5/5/7. There is a haiku, senryu, or katauta written in...
by Kirstena | Apr 28, 2023 | Blog, Form Friday, Poetry
My heart sings You songs, of forgiven wrongsthat perfect love has erased. I stand in Your sight, covered by the Light.Your forgiveness, I embrace. Alouette: was created by Jan Turner, consists of two or more stanzas of 6 lines each, with the following set rules:Meter:...
by Kirstena | Apr 28, 2023 | Blog, Form Friday, Poetry
Change is in the air, dancing like Astaire,Springtime’s the season for couples to share.The landscape’s painted with colors of green,while splashes of pink arrive on the scene.Spring is a maiden who’s lovely and fair, Summer’s the patter of feet running barealong...