ABC POEMS

use the letters of the alphabet in order to begin each line

Loyal friend from the beginning, close-keeper of secrets
Mannerly, upstanding … rock-like really … A
Noble man, unreluctant to step
Outside the lines to care for those he loves.

Dr. Alcott to those Above … Peter Below … willingly on call.

***

Catherine, love, love me in the long sunlight,
draw from me deep kisses,
enlist my hands to your bidding,
flame-strike my soul

Everything begins with you.

* * *

Remember Love even while you sleep.
Should worry plague you, taunt you, tease you …
Trust love. I am coming to you. Lift
Up your hand, touch my face,
Vincent. My kiss is real.
Wake now. Wake, Love.

ACROSTICS

the first letters of each line spell out a particular name, and the poem relates to that character.

Easy-going, but insightful, she is like a candle …
Delightfully warm, a force of light
In A Secret Place, she would find home and family, a golden
Earth-light to shine within. Tell her everything.

***

Fear not, my miracle
All I have I give to you
Trust these arms, my hands, this
Heart
Every breath I draw is in your service
Rest, my rose, just born. Mine.

* * *

Just a girl
And not a leader.
Mouse knows better.
In time,
Everyone will.

***

Choosing a new
Home together,
Another haven, all ours, only ours …a
Move I could never have anticipated.
Beyond the waterfall, the
Entrance nearly enchanted, we will
Retreat into this heaven and
Shelter together in joy for always.

***

When the long gray cold lingers
In my heart and
No small light
Teases past the gloom,
Ever I think on thee, bright candle, light of
Friendship and fellowship and
Ease of spirit, an incandescence of
Sanctuary,
Testimony of hope.

***

Habitual reserve, hiding a necessity
A night of freedom blooms
Like the moonflower, wide-white, astonished.
Lost in the wonder of each other and the city
Of the two of them abroad in the city … together.
Wishes come true. They do, she whispers.
Every loving
Ever sure
Never leaving his side. 

ALLITERATION POEMS

use the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse.

Beauty, her badge a brand, begins anew. Beloved, she believes.

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Father’s Library – Manifestly muddled, messy, mixed-up, yet there’s method in the mishmash.

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Mary mends and makes do … No martyr, she … the work her meaningful meditation and ministry.

***

Crystals … clusters and crowns of light, captivate and confound, a cavern, yes, yet a cathedral of celestial ceremony.

THE CINQUAIN

is a five line poem.

Line 1: one word, a subject or noun.
Line 2: two words, adjectives that describe line one.
Line 3: three words, adverbs or action words that relate to line one.
Line 4: feelings or a complete sentence that relates to line one.
Line 5: one word, a synonym of line one or a word that sums it up.

Winterfest,
Sparkly, Sweet-scented
Reminding, Believing, Exciting
The time between forgotten, once upon a time is now
Celebration

* * *

Darkness.
Welcome. Necessary.
Veiling, Liberating, Allowing.
The fleeting hours anticipated and cherished
Emancipation

***

Samhain
Dense-misted, thin-walled
Mysterial, transitory, liberating …
Those kept apart walk arm in arm, hand in hand
Magical

***

The pipes
Ringing, resonant,
Thronged, unceasing seemingly indecipherable,
But beneath it all, awhisper, this … to you, my
Love-letter

***

Threshold
Inexplicable, enchanted
Yearning, wishing, promising
Between two worlds, the hearts’ meeting place
Starting-point

***

Edie
Girlfriend
True-blue, Playful
Defending, Sensing, Laughing
Who better to have in one’s court
Edie

THE CLERIHEW

is a comic verse consisting of two couplets and a specific rhyming scheme, aabb, describing a particular person.

Edie rocks the one-earring look
Singing from her own fashion song book.
As well, carries slippers in her purse,
An example of personal free-verse.

***

Mouse speaks a certain shorthand
A challenge to always understand,
But listen close and you will hear
A private poetry – to him … entirely clear.

***

Kristopher

Outside the lines he colors –
A perplexity to others,
But that smile he employs
Does anything but annoy.

***

Elizabeth really likes orange
Which nothing rhymes with exactly.
Shoot …
Must reboot!

***

William

Tough as hardtack,
behind his back
he’s secreting sweets
for the friends that he seeks

***

Father

Over his glasses consistently peering,
To his arguments closely adhering …
Is he right? Perhaps, maybe. Is he wrong? Sometimes so.
Nevertheless he seems always to “know”.

***

Mr. Wong

Mr. Wong knows his herbs and tinctures and roots
Unlike a physician, he eschews a suit.
With knowledge of ways both ancient and wise,
He brings to the counter more than you could buy.

DIAMANTE

A diamante poem, when written out, takes the shape of a diamond, and is made up of 7 lines using a set structure:

 Beginning subject
Two describing words about line 1
Three doing words about line 1
A short phrase about line 1, a short phrase about line 7
Three doing words about line 7
Two describing words about line 7
End subject

Volumes
Leather-bound, deckled-edged
Towering, teetering, tumbling-down
Poetry,  history,  classics,  plays
Teaching, inspiring, taking-away
Aged, illustrated
Tomes

***

Waterfall
Loud, close
Rushing, tumbling, sparkling
Music, energy … Voices, memories
Surprising, drifting, fading
Hushed, whispery
Bridge

***

Darkness
Heavy, un-still
Swirling, disorienting, breathtaking,
Chaos, fear … breakthrough, surprise
Glinting, dawning, revealing
Luminous, aglow
Light

***

Reunion
awaited, necessary
thrilling, rousing, compelling
homecoming, hearthstone, shelter, circle
reminding, inspiriting, confirming
joyful, awesome
Winterfest

ANTONYM DIAMANTE.

A diamante poem, when written out, takes the shape of a diamond, and is made up of 7 lines using a set structure. Antonym Diamante poems are about opposites – the first and last words convey opposite meanings.

 Subject A
Two describing words about subject A
Three action words about subject A
Two concrete nouns about subject A, Two concrete nouns about Subject B
Three action words about Subject B
Two describing words about Subject B
Subject B

Father
Honorable, protective
Aspiring, sheltering, unwavering
Ethics, harmony. Discord, spite
Cunning, grudging, possessing
Jealous, ambitious
Paracelsus

A FIBONACCI POEM

is a multiple-line verse based on the Fibonacci sequence so that the number of syllables in each line equals the total number of syllables in the preceding two lines.

A Winterfest Memory – Vincent’s

The
door
opened
to darkness,
but Devin took my
hand, and then … candlelight … and cheers.

***

Narcissa

See
Not
In fact,
But see in
Truth and all that is
Possible between the shadows

***

Nancy

Sage
Kind
Loving
Insightful
When all’s said, and when
all’s done, you must follow your heart

***

Catherine, through Winslow’s eyes

She’s
his,
but I
love her too.
I take hope that one
day, I, will know the same love-bond.