Lesson One

Hello, this is lesson one.

In the poem, Maintaining My Defenses, every line has 12 syllables in it.

The one thing I did notice about alliteration in the poem was that it was on every 1st and 3rd syllable of each line.


Aging Woman in Repose

She gathers and guards her treasures – gathers/guards
there is little else to measure
a lifetime now in the past tense.
She mutters not making much sense.- mutters/makings

Yellowed letter from her husband,
envelope opened and reopened,* 9
a twist of lovely golden hair
from when he was young and fair.* 7

Ragged heart shapes with childish scrawls,* 7
"I love you, Mom," the message calls
to old memories of days gone by.* 9
Oh, how quickly the time can fly!

Ink penned poems in a journal,* 7 penned/poems
paint a picture like a mural, paint/picture
of woman's romantic soul,* 7 woman's/romantic
composed when her mind was still whole.

She gathers and guards her treasures. gather's/guards
These tokens provide a measure
of a lifetime now in the past tense.
She mutters and to God makes sense. mutters'/makes


My love for you has no boundaries
Intensely seeking you in me
You’ve fallen short of your passion
Passing passion I have no more

Seeking sensuality here
Counting the days when we will be
Forever entrapped in you
Forever facing your touch