In response to Jane Dougherty Poetry Challenge #19: ‘Lantern/Lanturne’:
Spruce
Couple
intertwined.
Ragged bonsai
pair.
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Spruce
Long roots
penetrate,
wend through clay and
rock.
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Dusk
paints sky
Sylvan dark
pine silhouettes
stretch.
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Branch
shivers,
brittle, cold.
Berries wait for
spring.
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Lantern poetry is an interesting form, consisting of only eleven syllables: 1-2-3-4-1, less than a standard haiku (5-7-5), but the same number as a 3-5-3 haiku. For more information about this form, please visit the challenge link on the first line of this post.
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Janice, these are lovely and what an interesting form of poetry. I’m learning so much from you.
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Thank you Annika 🙂 I enjoyed this week’s challenge form I think because of its closeness to haiku..the one I’ve tried the most.
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A themed sequence 🙂
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That was meant to be a ‘lovely’ themed sequence 🙂
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Thank you. It’s a nice little form.
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Lovely, your “spruce couple intertwined.” I, too, love your themed sequence.
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Thank you 🙂 I wonder about those two trees at the front of our yard–were they there naturally and the land cleared around them– or were they placed there as a decorative touch. This type of spruce surrounds our house and grows across the road.
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Well, they found each other either way. 🙂
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I really enjoyed this:), I get a lovely sense of togetherness from these:)
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Thank you 🙂
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well done! These Lanternes are perfect; they each create striking images.
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Thank you Melinda 🙂
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you’re welcome 🙂
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