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| Wikipedia: The Pleiades, 1885 by Elihu Vedder |
Sailing on a moonbeam,
sojourners of the night;
seven silent sisters
surrendering their light—
slipping through the cosmos
suspended in the stream…
sustaining winter’s dream.
The Pleiades is a cluster of seven stars, also
known as the “Seven Sisters,” primarily viewed in the winter months in the
Northern Hemisphere. Trying a new poetry form called “Pleiades” invented in
1999 by Craig Tigerman. It consists of seven lines, each line starting with the
same letter as the title. The title is always a single word.
For dVerse Meeting the Bar: Pleiades.
Very pretty. Excellent use of the prompt and the extra credit,
ReplyDeleteThis is a lovely poem and I like the symbolism of seven..
ReplyDeleteSurrendering their light, slipping through the cosmos ~ I like how you depicted the birthing of the stars ~
ReplyDeletei like the way the rhyme plays in this...with the all starting S sounds...and cool play on the story behind the form as well...sounds pretty coming out as well..smiles.
ReplyDeletePerfecto!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous, Ginny, and I see we've used the same image—so impressed with your rhyming :)
ReplyDeleteyes, I could see my kids, eyes all aglow reciting that.
ReplyDeleteWow, you even got meter and rhyme to work. This makes me want to dance!
ReplyDeleteAll around perfect poem for the prompt...well done!
ReplyDeleteSo well you have caught their story,.. A wonderful flow in your lines,
ReplyDeletegorgeous use of the myth...
ReplyDeleteThe lovely dance of the sisters in the winter sky captured beautifully!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot.
this was written with ease... wonderfully written
ReplyDeleteOh Ginny this is lovely; my favorite of them all. Form, content,rhyme and word choice are all...stellar!
ReplyDeleteThis flows so gracefully.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully ethereal!
ReplyDeleteLove this part:
ReplyDelete"seven silent sisters
surrendering their light"
Sweet. I like your addition of rhyme.
ReplyDeleteI like how you portray those playful sisters...simply wonderful!
ReplyDeleteGroovy piece. Love- " slipping through the cosmos / suspended in the stream…"
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