Diamonds and Toads

I tremble for, I see
snakes and wasps tumbling from my lips
fighting to be free a gleaming bevy of
scales and wings like emeralds, opals, pearls
the words I spoke when I met the fairy
flying spiteful, I never dreamed
the punishment of such famed bounty
never decreasing would ever be called mine!

Another cleave poem! The italics and regular font can be read as two separate poems. It is based on a fairy tale by Charles Perralut originally titled "The Fairies" but often called "Diamonds and Toads."

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.