Poems that pursue the horizon from past to present and poems created for NaPoWriMo 2017 |
Family toddled, wandered, stretched and sat For Christmas of ‘07, home everyone gathered Floor space covered, filling chairs, babes lie flat. Santa Claus left gifts and stockings stuffed fat Amid packages, ribbons, and bows scattered Family toddled, wandered, stretched and sat. Great grandchild, great nephew passed like a hat He smiled and four generations he flattered. Floor space covered, filling chairs, babes lie flat. Wearing Grams’ knit, two tone color block matte- At four months of age he looked very dapper Family toddled, wandered, stretched and sat Sister, brother, families arrive to chat Sweet children appeared, more sibling clatter Floor space covered, filling chairs, babes lie flat. Christmas of 2007, the last year we were all pat Everyone together, one happy blather Family toddled, wandered, stretched and sat Floor space covered, filling chairs, babes lie flat. ____________________________________________ Entry: April 25, 2017 Prompt: A remembered holiday For: Dew Drop Inn Poetry Workshop Form: A Villanelle is a 19-line poem, with five tercets and a concluding quatrain. The villanelle also employs line repetition Syllabic Pattern: Iambic pentameter Rhyme Pattern: A1BA2, ABA1, ABA2, ABA1, ABA2, ABA1A2 Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.~~Robert Frost |