Thursday 1 November 2018

Add three words

The list of prompt words to turn into a poem is a poem in itself. Take a (random?) List and add around three words and make a poem out of it: my invented form?

Infinity
(Is)
(The)
Eternal
(Creator)
Sharing
Endless 
Love

FALL INTO JOY

The prompt asked to write about joy or celebration 'dance among the clouds' and maybe try a pleiades poem( single word title. Each word of the seven line poem starts with the same letter as the title. I went one step further. I did an acrostic pleiades chain poem where each letter of the title is a one word which is then the title of a pleiades poem ie. Fall into grace has 9 letters = 9 pleiades poems. Since there was no opportunity  to do any poems about Autumn I took this opportunity.

F.A.L.L I.N.T.O. J.O.Y.

FALL

Fall into school rhythms 
Fall into a pile of leaves
Forget summertime blues
Fill your jars with preserves 
Find scarf and your toque 
Fasten on winter tires
Feel the chill in the night

AUTUMN 

Afternoon's golden light 
After school homework time 
Apricots lie rotting
All new shows on the tube 
Astroturf glory dreams
Ash in the wind burnt grass
Agricultural fairs

LEAVES

Lends trees earthy palettes
Lemon drop orange peel and
Lava splash hazelnut 
Let go of green float free
Like prairie buffalo 
Leaves gallop by in herds
Letting the breeze drive them

LABOUR 

Labour day classic game
Last party of summer 
Lug up the winter gear
Leaves corralled into piles
Ladders against the eaves
Lever off summer screens 
Let the harvest begin

ICY

Icy wind bites my neck
Inching frost paints windows 
Igloo lumps on the lawn
Icicles like daggers 
Itching sneezing coughing
Indian summer springs
In the warm air haze hangs

NOVEMBER 

Not in Canada eh
Now the states get turkey 
Notice red poppy pins
Never forget brave troops 
No men charitable
Needs to be a contest 
No shaves for mowvmber 

THANKSGIVING

Travel to the hometown 
Taste the gravy add spice 
Turnips parsnips and corn
Turkey golden stuffed 
Top yams with marshmallow
Tell us why you're grateful 
Take time to be thankful

OCTOBER

One month of school is over 
Octpowrimo begins
Only in Canada 
Our thanksgiving's early
Opal moring sunrise 
Orange has so many shades
Order a pumpkin spice 

JACKETED

Jeans hoodies and jackets 
Journey to grandma's house
Jars of jelly all kinds
Juice of apples boiled down
Jug of cider spiced up
Jigsaw by candlelight
Jacketed cobs roasted

O'LANTERN 

October ends scary
Old clothes become costumes 
O'henry Cadbury Mars 
Oh my what are you dear
On trees white streamers drape 
On the stroke of midnight 
Only saints rule the day

YEAR-END

Yields from fields gathered in
Year end reports collated 
Yard work put off dealt with
Yew trees covered in snow
Yeasty smells from pastry
Yule logs coming soon
Young ones start making lists