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The Bee and the Rose: A Chain Lanturne

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Feeling--

ok
Reading-- Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer
Listening to-- nothing

Ever since I discovered the Japanese Lanturne form of poetry and learned these short verses could be used to form a longer poem, I have wanted to create one of my own. *soft smile* A chain lanturne it is called, obviously because of the string of lanturne verses making up the body of the poem. Thankfully, and without trying or deliberately meaning to, some of my lanturnes over the past few weeks fit easily together, so coming up with a chain lanturne wasn't so hard.

Bee
buzzes,
alighting
on a yellow
rose.

Sun
sets, pink,
lavender,
orange paint the
sky.

Dawn
heralds
a new day
with a pearly
light.

Rose
petals
open, a
yellow jacket
flees.

Night
falls, the
rose gently
closes. Pleasant
dreams...

Moon,
ghostly
orb hanging
o'er high mountain
peaks.

May 25, 2008
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Before I put the chain lanturne together, I took advantage of Gwen's being online and asked her opinion about the poem. She was encouraging and even seemed to like this form of poetry. And before I knew it, she was suggesting we do another cross-post, each sharing a chain lanturne we wrote. I now give you Gwen's: