Spring and Summer Imagery
A Bright Day Smiles delight all around, brightening joy brought to a sometimes dreary, dismal world.
Each of us needs to do what is needed to spread good cheer given us today.
Smile.
(NOTE: This poem is written in the double tetractys format.
A tetractys is the following syllable pattern: 1 syllable 2 syllables 3 syllables 4 syllables 10 syllables A double tetractys is as follows: 1 2 3 4 10 10 4 3 2 1) Violet Vision The violet tinge of late sunset sends shadows against the vine winding its way upward as if to reach the vast array across the horizon.
While I cut flowers for the vase inside, I wish I could take the sky's vibrant hues before they vanish and place them somewhere more than a mental view, some place where the vision could be mine forever and ever, to be taken from storage whenever I wished to behold, to enjoy.
But unless Mother Nature dips her brush in the exact colors once more - unlikely, the painting I now appreciate shall be a vagrant thought long gone, a memory.
Flowers on the Wall I sit staring blindly at the flowers climbing up the wall, grasping the bricks with tensile tendrils of vibrant vines through a tenacity never ending.
The splash of vivid violet contrasts against the dull drab stone, while green leaves lighten the darkness of shadow as the sun swings its path toward dusk.
Too soon the blooms will die in the dark for my eyes will no longer view once the light disappears for another spell of night without flowers seen.
(NOTE: This poem is in the Pi poetry form.
Sixteen lines are formed by a set number of words per line: 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, 6, 5, 3, 5, 8, 9, 7, 9, and 3.
) Oklahoma Summer Steamy breezes stir Summer heat across the land - Dry, thirsty, and parched.
(NOTE: The traditional haiku has three lines with the following syllables in each: 1st line, 5 syllables; 2nd line, 7 syllables; and 3rd line, 5 syllables.
The subject matter is supposed to be about nature.
Often a contradiction is found between the first and third line.
) Signs of Spring Red and yellow splotches scattered throughout the lawn today bring smiles and yearnings for spring to hurry and stay.
Tulips brighten the last of winter.
(NOTE: This poem is written in the poetry form Archimedes' Pi.
The form has six lines with the following pattern of words per line: Line 1 - 3 words Line 2 - 1 word Line 3 - 4 words Line 4 - 2 words Line 5 - 8 words Line 6 - 6 words All the poetry is copyrighted by Vivian Gilbert Zabel, and when used, copied, or exported must include the copyright information.
Each of us needs to do what is needed to spread good cheer given us today.
Smile.
(NOTE: This poem is written in the double tetractys format.
A tetractys is the following syllable pattern: 1 syllable 2 syllables 3 syllables 4 syllables 10 syllables A double tetractys is as follows: 1 2 3 4 10 10 4 3 2 1) Violet Vision The violet tinge of late sunset sends shadows against the vine winding its way upward as if to reach the vast array across the horizon.
While I cut flowers for the vase inside, I wish I could take the sky's vibrant hues before they vanish and place them somewhere more than a mental view, some place where the vision could be mine forever and ever, to be taken from storage whenever I wished to behold, to enjoy.
But unless Mother Nature dips her brush in the exact colors once more - unlikely, the painting I now appreciate shall be a vagrant thought long gone, a memory.
Flowers on the Wall I sit staring blindly at the flowers climbing up the wall, grasping the bricks with tensile tendrils of vibrant vines through a tenacity never ending.
The splash of vivid violet contrasts against the dull drab stone, while green leaves lighten the darkness of shadow as the sun swings its path toward dusk.
Too soon the blooms will die in the dark for my eyes will no longer view once the light disappears for another spell of night without flowers seen.
(NOTE: This poem is in the Pi poetry form.
Sixteen lines are formed by a set number of words per line: 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, 6, 5, 3, 5, 8, 9, 7, 9, and 3.
) Oklahoma Summer Steamy breezes stir Summer heat across the land - Dry, thirsty, and parched.
(NOTE: The traditional haiku has three lines with the following syllables in each: 1st line, 5 syllables; 2nd line, 7 syllables; and 3rd line, 5 syllables.
The subject matter is supposed to be about nature.
Often a contradiction is found between the first and third line.
) Signs of Spring Red and yellow splotches scattered throughout the lawn today bring smiles and yearnings for spring to hurry and stay.
Tulips brighten the last of winter.
(NOTE: This poem is written in the poetry form Archimedes' Pi.
The form has six lines with the following pattern of words per line: Line 1 - 3 words Line 2 - 1 word Line 3 - 4 words Line 4 - 2 words Line 5 - 8 words Line 6 - 6 words All the poetry is copyrighted by Vivian Gilbert Zabel, and when used, copied, or exported must include the copyright information.
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