Fall (square poem)

Leaves fall

Fall leaves

This couplet became part of a collective poem "Grass of Leaves" prompted and put together by David Lehman.

Live for the Love of it,

Sasha A. Palmer (aka Happy)

Twelve Word Poem

The latest challenge from We Write Poems: a poem consisting of 12 words.  

Mine is built of three four-word squares (poems that read the same from left to right and from top to bottom.)  I’ll add a title to make it a baker’s dozen.

“Instructions”

She’s	invisible
Invisible	ink
Apply	heat
Heat	her
Read	her
Her	soul

Live for the Love of it,

The Happy Amateur

A Square Poem

I simply had to try this.  The form is a Square Poem, Lewis Carroll style.  (Well, not exactly - there's only one Lewis Carroll - but the mathematical principle behind the form is the same.)

I so love this liberating feeling – 

So uncontrollably the new me emerging.

Love the fresh perspective getting strong.

This new perspective sets me free,

Liberating me, getting me powerful, fearless.

Feeling emerging – strong, free, fearless, happy.

Now try looking at it this way:

I	so	love	this	liberating	feeling
so	uncontrollably	the	new	me	emerging
love	the	fresh	perspective	getting	strong
this	new	perspective	sets	me	free
liberating	me	getting	me	powerful	fearless
feeling	emerging	strong	free	fearless	happy

You can read it from left to right and from top to bottom!  Isn't this a cool form?

I had a lot of fun with it.

For more on Square Poems (including Carroll's original one) go over to dVerse:

http://dversepoets.com/2012/06/28/form-for-all-square-poems/

Live for the Love of it,
The Happy Amateur