Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Another poem...

From our Writer's WORDshop. Called a Minute Poem although it took much longer than that to compose cause it has to rhyme and have a certain pattern: aa bb, cc, dd, etc. couplets with 3 stanzas with four lines of 8,4,4,4 syllables. Try it, it's fun though not easy especially finding words that rhyme. (I'm just kidding about having too many family visitors-only had two so far and we had a fun time showing them around. My mid April we will have had 6 out of 8 of our children visit, but only 4 of our total 21 grandchildren! Guess we'll have to go visit them...) 

VISITORS

Family––no one comes at all.
Then a phone call,
everyone wants
to swarm like ants.



They all descend, week after week.
Until I am weak
from cooking meals
and making deals.




I smile and nod in agreement.
Raising a tent
is an option
or leaving town.

8 comments:

  1. cute poem...like the haikus a lot...especially the one on seeds

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  2. ha ha hahaha... fun, fun! I rememebr Cordell having to contort his thoughts and words to conform to some poetry type that required a certain number of syllables when he was in school. I just prefer to write as it comes. NO discipline. I admit it.

    I enjoy reading yours... I enjoyed reading his. Although I enjoy his free flowing thoughts much more. Is that called free verse? He said that completing those assignments gave him a better mastery of words....enabled him to have more control over his writing. I can certainly see that. It doesn't give me any more desire to discipline myself, however...

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  3. Love this!! You have great humor. Reminds me of a saying I used to hear when I was a kid - Nice to have visitors come, and nice to see them go.

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  4. Fun! Made me think of the stories you have written about your hard working female forebears! Right in the spirit.

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  5. Fun poem! I enjoyed my poetry class several years ago, have to admit I wish I could take another one. Have to see what I can find!

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  6. I like all your poetry. Nice job!!! I think poetry has a way of nurturing the soul. We choose few words to express our feelings, which make us sharpen our thoughts.

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  7. I am no good at poetry at all, not even in school. I did love english and literature classes though. 21 grandchildren...wow....Michelle

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  8. This is great, Lin! You are so creative and write with such wit and humor.

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