Poetry Tow Truck Prompt 21: Line by Line

The prompt this week on the blog Poetry Tow Truck was to write a "line by line" sonnet.  In a nutshell, you maintain the standard structure of a 14 line, 10 syllable per line sonnet but there are requirements for each line.  These range from "line from a song" to "fruit or vegetable."  For a listing of the prompts and more examples, go to the link. 

I also submitted this poem to the Poetry Potluck since it fits with this week's theme of using a song. 



I wasn't at all sure how this was going to go.  I just dove in and traveled along - not ending up where I expected at all.  Challenging, but fun -


Amazing, Grace -- How sweet the sound of
crunchy apples eaten for lunch under
the fruited canopy of orchard trees.
"Pass me a pippin.  I saw one fall with
a thud on the grassy ground over there."
I want to bake a Julian apple
pie; an American Pie, to take in my
Chevy to the levy so the music won't
die.  Raggedy Ann will eat a piece and smile.
Bake a pie.  Fill it with fresh fruit bursting
through the crisp crust, cut by a paring knife
slanting slits slashed so sweet syrup seeps out.
Others strive to keep up with the rat race;
I eat apples and dream with my friend Grace.

WWP Prompt #56: Dancing with Pikus

The prompt this week from We Write Poems, is to have fun with Pikus.  This is a form that is easy, fast and fun.  A piku is a cross between a haiku and the first three numbers in pi.  The piku has three lines.  Three syllables, one syllable, and four syllables.  You write one, choose a word or two to change with rhyme and mix it up.

Windy Pikus
  
The wind waves
light
and dance through trees.

The wind waves
foam
and curl at sea.

The wind waves
white
sheets in the breeze.

Honey

This is a cascade form, which takes the lines of the first stanza and then repeats them as the final lines of the subsequent stanzas.   This poem was written in response to Margo's challenge/prompt to write a cascade poem.  It took awhile to find a subject that worked for me but once I got going, it was a fun (like all her prompts).

This is also my submission for Poet's Rally this week. 

Honey

Ribbons of honey drench my toast,
Melting into butter and crumb;
Satisfying sweetness fills my soul.

Dipping deep into the honey jar,
Sunshine yellow, full of dripping gold;
Ribbons of honey drench my toast.


The morning sun spills across the table
Warming my skin.  I am
Melting into butter and crumb.

Bird songs fill the stillness.  I take
A long sip from my coffee mug and
Satisfying sweetness fills my soul. 



 

Thanks so much for the award!  -- and please check out this wonderful poem by Wolfsrosebud (my nomination for the award).  I love how it captures the transition from motherhood to letting go to becoming a grandmother.