by Linda Hoffman Kimball
Blue
lake,
you
make
lake,
you
make
this
space
bliss
place.
space
bliss
place.
Quiet
trees --
trees --
Pieties.
Lush
hush.
hush.
Barefoot Mid-afternoon Break
on the Shore of Lake Michigan
Blue lake,
you make
high sun
my fun.
Wet treat
Let feet
Wiggle.
Giggle.
Okay, we’ve got a two-fer today. Years ago I took a creative writing class where the professor had us write sonnets using single words.
Talk about a limited structure! The words have to fit into either an abab, cdcd, efef, gg form (which I did here) or abba abba cde cde and still create some kind of meaning, image or story. Today I began by musing on beautiful Lake Michigan about a mile from our house and it morphed into an imaginary lake I hope to come upon some day. Then, back to Lake Michigan and imagining some Northwestern student taking a break.
Come on folks out there in the Nether regions – give it a try!
Talk about a limited structure! The words have to fit into either an abab, cdcd, efef, gg form (which I did here) or abba abba cde cde and still create some kind of meaning, image or story. Today I began by musing on beautiful Lake Michigan about a mile from our house and it morphed into an imaginary lake I hope to come upon some day. Then, back to Lake Michigan and imagining some Northwestern student taking a break.
Come on folks out there in the Nether regions – give it a try!
My office is nothing if not Nether, so I'll take up the challenge - with a very location-specific response:
ReplyDeleteThrough
basement
casement
view'd,
blue
firmament's
permanent
hue
sends
cares
away,
ends
chores:
play!
Wonderful, Evan! More! More!
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be great if we could earn a living doing this? :-)