I’m giving you a break and offering an easy form this week.
A CRYSTALLINE is a two line image poem, often with a title, in which euphony is the key factor. The lines will have 8 or 9 syllables to make a total of seventeen.
Write as many as you’d like, or string some together to make for a longer poem. The choice is yours!
SARA’S CRYSTALLINE:
PUFFS OF PERFUME
Rich rose perfume of last bold blooms
scents sidewalks, smiles of passers by
© Sara McNulty – 2016
STRUMMING OF SITARS
sitar strings strum behind closed eyes
meditation mood set in stillness
© Sara McNulty – 2016
WALT’S CRYSTALLINE:
MIST IN THE NIGHT
The surf is soft, serene. Here I dream,
us in the moonlight making steam!
© Walter J. Wojtanik – 2016