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Spring and Summer Imagery

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A Bright Day

Smiles

delight

all around,

brightening joy

brought to a sometimes dreary, dismal world.

Each of us needs to do what is needed

to spread good cheer

given us

today.

Smile.

(NOTE: This poem is written in the double tetractys format. A tetractys is the following syllable pattern:

1 syllable

2 syllables

3 syllables

4 syllables

10 syllables

A double tetractys is as follows:

1

2

3

4

10

10

4

3

2

1)

Violet Vision

The violet tinge of late sunset sends shadows

against the vine winding its way upward

as if to reach the vast array across the horizon.

While I cut flowers for the vase inside,

I wish I could take the sky’s vibrant hues

before they vanish and place them

somewhere more than a mental view,

some place where the vision could be mine

forever and ever, to be taken from storage

whenever I wished to behold, to enjoy.

But unless Mother Nature dips her brush

in the exact colors once more – unlikely,

the painting I now appreciate shall be

a vagrant thought long gone, a memory.

Flowers on the Wall

I sit staring

blindly

at the flowers climbing

up

the wall, grasping the bricks

with tensile tendrils of vibrant vines through a tenacity

never ending.

The splash of vivid violet contrasts

against the dull drab stone,

while green leaves

lighten the darkness of shadow

as the sun swings its path toward dusk.

Too soon the blooms will die in the dark

for my eyes will no longer view

once the light disappears for another spell of night

without flowers seen.

(NOTE: This poem is in the Pi poetry form. Sixteen lines are formed by a set number of words per line:

3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, 6, 5, 3, 5, 8, 9, 7, 9, and 3.)

Oklahoma Summer

Steamy breezes stir

Summer heat across the land –

Dry, thirsty, and parched.

(NOTE: The traditional haiku has three lines with the following syllables in each: 1st line, 5 syllables; 2nd line, 7 syllables; and 3rd line, 5 syllables. The subject matter is supposed to be about nature. Often a contradiction is found between the first and third line.)

Signs of Spring

Red and yellow splotches

scattered

throughout the lawn today

bring smiles

and yearnings for spring to hurry and stay.

Tulips brighten the last of winter.

(NOTE: This poem is written in the poetry form Archimedes’ Pi. The form has six lines with the following pattern of words per line:

Line 1 – 3 words

Line 2 – 1 word

Line 3 – 4 words

Line 4 – 2 words

Line 5 – 8 words

Line 6 – 6 words

All the poetry is copyrighted by Vivian Gilbert Zabel, and when used, copied, or exported must include the copyright information.

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