Water Lilies
Late
summer
pale blue skies
Wings
flitting
dragonflies
Dew
gathers
lily blooms
Air
filling
sweet perfume
Pale
yellow
floating free
Frogs
gloating
summer spree
Sun
blazing
crystal sparks
Light
fading
into dark
Moon
beckons
rising high
Stars
twinkling
velvet night
Buds
closing
until morn
Day
ending
hope reborn
Colleen Keller Breuning © 2022
August 13, 2022
This is just a little ditty that I was playing around with that resulted in a simplistic imagery poem. It started with the title “Water Lilies” and morphed from there. The structure was the 3 line stanza composition with syllable of 1-2-3 and a rhyme scheme with the last line of two stanzas matching throughout. I couldn’t find any name for this, maybe I invented it….but I doubt it! If any of you poets out there know a term for this format, please let me know. I love experimenting with the rhyme and structure of the different poetry forms.
As always, I am truly inspired by all things in nature (as well as music)! So much beauty to behold in summer, and it’s hard to believe it is already mid-August. I guess this is my way of trying to hold onto these long, lazy summer days a little longer, or to at least have some memories to revisit during cold winter days. Enjoy the rest of your summer!
xoxo Colleen
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