Friday Original Poem

One thing that I love about poetry therapy is how not only am I exploring different emotions and experiences but I'm doing in way I have never done before. I'm trying to write in forms which is new for me. I've always written poetry and while I have studied forms never thought it'd be for me.But I am working on it.

After reading a gorgeous pantoum poem by Patricia Fargnoli, I thought I'd give it a try.

Here's the basic outline for how a pantoum should be written:

line A
line B
line C
line D

line B (repeated)
line E
line D (repeated)
line F

line E (repeated)
line G
line F (repeated)
line H
…
line Y
line C (repeated)
line Z
line A (repeated)

Here's is the one I wrote for my daughter:

For Violet

The kingfisher rattled and led

past sandstone crannies and crooks

past birch on a cliff

spoke in our language.

Past sandstone crannies and crooks

I pulled the blue kayak

spoke in our language

I told you all is well.

I pulled the blue kayak

You glided on clear water

I told you all is well

let the waves roll under you.

You glided on clear water

past birch on a cliff

let the waves roll under you

the kingfisher rattled and led.