Friday, April 1, 2016

I Know the Myths and You Know the Math

Welcome to National Poetry Writing Month were poets are invited to write a new poem every day in April. This is my first year and I am more than excited for it! Here's the first of thirty!

shared with dVerse

I Know the Myths and You Know the Math

 Daydreamer of stars and particles
fantastic things and graceful theorems
riddles and words carefully crafted
poems, stories ready to be solved
opened up and expounded upon

 shared with all the awestruck listening ears
apt stargazers counting the heavens
creating magic solving the unknown.



I just discovered Cleave Poems over at Jane Dougherty's blog. Cleave is a strange word that means "to tear apart" as well as "to cling to" and that is what this poem does. It is one poem with with two poems written side by side. If you read the regular font and the italic font by themselves they are separate poems, so really this is three poems in one!
  
For more poetry fun, check out the NaPoWriMo website.



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13 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 1, 2016 at 8:08 AM

    Good one! It's a great feeling, isn't it, when the two halves come together?

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  2. Donna SmithApril 1, 2016 at 8:01 PM

    Love this format! Sweet!

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  3. C.C.April 2, 2016 at 10:04 AM

    Cleave poetry is so tricky to write but so lovely when it works....and this one certainly does, beautifully :-)

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  4. PatApril 5, 2016 at 8:02 AM

    Wow! This is such a:)

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  5. PatApril 5, 2016 at 8:03 AM

    "beauty" lol, it left off my last word..funny! Me and blogspot..

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  6. Ken / rivrvlogrApril 6, 2016 at 5:41 AM

    I like that even the title is cleaved.

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  7. Petru J ViljoenJune 11, 2016 at 9:11 AM

    Amazing! Would have to try it!

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  8. VictoriaJune 11, 2016 at 11:13 AM

    Very fun form, well written. I love the blend of science and art in poetry.

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  9. brudbergJune 11, 2016 at 1:43 PM

    Love the form and way you do it... annell write some amazing poems like this.

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  10. GraceJune 11, 2016 at 7:31 PM

    A challenging to create a cleave form and you pulled it very well ~ Fascinating to read the lines ~

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  11. lillianthehomepoet.wordpress.comJune 12, 2016 at 6:17 AM

    Well done and so glad you shared! I tried this and failed miserably -- you've sparked an interest again so perhaps....back to the drawing board? :)

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  12. UnknownJune 13, 2016 at 10:10 AM

    A really amazing job of a cleave poem. A hard form that you did brilliantly well!

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