herring bone in the sky a storm’s coming
a storm of long ing for a change that won’t
come soon enough to suit me as impatience colors my
thoughts and dreams feel like fantasy and hope is further away
than I thought it could be, but I don’t want to give up
so do I let the storm cover me over or do I break free and let the rain come down?
they say that salt water fixes everything; tears, sweat and the ocean…but rain is sweet
Okay, this isn’t specifically ‘animal’ other than herringbone, which is what the clouds looked like as I stepped outside tonight. I’m not good with concrete poetry since I have never played around with it much, butStephen Fry in his “The Ode Less Traveled”, talks about it in some very unique forms. It is also mentioned in Poemcrazy by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge. I love it and sometimes it is stunning. I have seen several pieces of this poetry come out of today’s challenge. I am suitably impressed. (I’ve linked a few at the bottom of the post) And you can see what the sky looked like below in the picture I took, which gave instant inspiration to this challenge
I love enjambment as it is so amazing to have that heart wrenching break. I really feel a twist in my gut when I am jolted from a smooth, flowing line that stops! And I have to continue on the next line. It thrusts me forward and I feel affected by poetry that uses this. I think Billy Collins is good at using it, and e.e. cummings was known for using it as well. (side note, I don’t like much e.e. cummings but a few)
Kate
Below are some of my favorites
- Fly (prodgic.wordpress.com)
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No longer human (janebasilblog.wordpress.com)
- A Kiss (cnalfonso.wordpress.com)
Kate's Bookshelf 