Sevenling (Leaves form pubescent blades)
Leaves form pubescent blades, rolled in the bud with long membranous ligules and long pointed teeth, without an auricle. The seedhead opens, displaying its branched panicle, whose inflorescence...
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Not a bad poem for sure. A little vague and mired in biological jargon, but the ending workson a subconscious level.I'd strive to make it is clearer if it were mine.
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http://www.whypop.net/cho.../09/what_is_a_seven.html
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Jas - Know the rules, thought I followed em. Teach me something.
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"Pubescent blades" is really too wonderful. Sounds like a band. (Hope not to come off all pervy)But S2 really rocks. I loved the sound of the "branched / panicle." Not sure about the teeth.Coriander...
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Judy, Thanks! Glad you liked it. If you like plants, peek at my Herbal Therapy posted recently. Dan
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Teach you something... Hahahahaha, surely you jest? You're on your own on this one until until read the rules as I've heard of the form but never seen one written for yonks and yonks... that means a...
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Leaves form pubescent blades, rolled in the bud with long membranous ligules and long pointed teeth, without an auricle.1) The first three lines should contain an element of three - three connected...
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Cheatgrass covers/perverts the bone/s of (a) lost botany.
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Jasperella, Thanks. I have read those Lumsden poems and also some translations of Anna Akhmatova, among others, but still the form is elusive. The three in S1 I see: (1) leaves (blades describe them),...
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My understanding of the sevenling is that the three things in each stanza need to be somewhat balanced syntactically, e.g., not just three words, but three words or phrases that are the same or...
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Oops -- I mis-remembered where I had seen these (and the author). Here's the link I was thinking of. http://poetry.about.com/library/bl1105ibpc2.htm
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Thanks very much, Greta. That's quite helpful!
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DD You've been misinformed by a member above, so I'll repeat myself in that your poem is valid to the form and its rules. Tis not an exercise in tautology as suggested....
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J - Re-reading the way Yolanda Calderon-Horn does sevenlings makes me realize how far I have to go. http://poetry.about.com/library/bl1105ibpc2.htm I had read this piece before but forgot they were...
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Sevenlings <>Seven little things? 3 related to each other in the first 3 entry lines. And only the seventh is required to tie them all together as 4-6 can go on tangents to Peru if they wish....
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Tautology. No. I didn't mean that. But I like you last statement. To Peru and back!
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I don't claim to be an expert, but have read and written a lot of these (and am a fan of Calderon-Horn's). I think Greta has nailed it in her first post above. I don't think this poem would qualify as...
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Toni - Thanks for reading. The form fascinates me. I'm hoping for enlightenment as I study more examples.
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