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Proud wetland flags rise Brown fur cattails sway with grace slender marsh blades too breeze rustles frog chorus hums bulrush kingdom songs.
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In response to Jane Dougherty Poetry Challenge #20: ‘Hourglass poetry’. Hourglass is an original form designed by Jane Dougherty with syllable count: 5-4-3-2-1-2-3-4-5.
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Delightful!
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What Kim said 🙂
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Beautiful poem Janice , with the images I can imagine being there.
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Thank you Denis. No snow in those pictures (so being there is easier to imagine :))
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I love this poem and its form. Works perfectly for ‘bulrushes!’ swaying back and forth. They’re quite hypnotic I find.
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Thanks Annika. It is a nice form. It made me think of tall grasses –though I am not quite sure why at this point…
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Hmm…I imagined the sway from side to side…there you are! Have you studied poetry? I have never seen all these forms before but am thoroughly enjoying learning about them and seeing them ‘in action’.
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I like your connection of the grasses swaying to the shape of the form– I see it now 🙂 I haven’t studied poetry — the different forms come from Jane Dougherty’s Poetry Challenge ( link in the post). In fact she invented the hourglass form used for the cattail poem. The other poetry challenge that I have participated in recently is hosted by The Secretkeeper and she provides a list of suggested forms with syllable counts. I never expected to be doing this when I started blogging last summer!
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I love this–and agree with all of the comment above. Wonderful!
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Thank you Merril.
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Oh this reminded me I’m meant to be doing some of this hourglass poetry! Must have a go soon.. 🙂
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It’s s nice form. Good luck!
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Thanks Janice. 🙂
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