Entry for Poetic Traditions Contest, July, 2019. |
Prompt: SOLSTICE, FLOWERS, FOUNTAINS, STICKY, SHIMMERING, BEACH Form: The LaCharta, created by Laura Lamarca, consists of a minimum of 3 stanzas with no maximum length stipulation. Each stanza contains 6 lines. The syllable count is 8 per line in iambic tetrameter and the rhyme scheme is aaaabb ccccdd eeeeff and so on. "La" is Laura Lamarca's signature and "Charta" in Latin, simply means "poem". Contest: Verdant Poetry Contest, Round 17, Summer, 36 lines A Love Poem Flowers fashioned by a child’s hand Drawn there on the shimmering sand. While we sunned and talked-even planned. Our bodies, then were young and tanned. So long ago, those carefree days Have vanished like the sun’s last rays. A lovely blissful summer night, Beneath the moon, that shone so bright A trillion stars, small specks of light, I was your queen, you were my knight. A love like ours could only grow, Oh, how we loved each other so! We worked and played, we built our life With happiness and little strife. You were my man, I was your wife. Needless to say, our joy was rife. Those middle years passed quickly by Like the cliché, the time did fly! Those golden years have long since passed Yet many treasures we’ve amassed- A family that’s unsurpassed By close knit bonds and love to last Still longer than forever’s seen And all the time left in between. Silver hairs cover my old head, They were not there when we were wed. Though we know not what is ahead There’s no regrets, and no tears shed For this incredible wild ride Spent all with you right by my side. And like the ageless old refrain If I go first and you remain Don’t mourn for me, nor cry in pain For now, I rest in Christ’s domain. I’ll wait for you at Heaven’s door We’ll be together evermore! First entered Round 17, Verdant Poetry Contest, Jue 24, 2018 |