Magnolia

mauve magnolia
unfolding
spring with broad petals

Xyst

Xyst

xylocarp coconut trees line the walk

xenopus swims through the adjacent stream

xeruses dash from shadow to shrub between

xiphoid-like leaves down to the salty shore where

xebecs lower their sails docking in a seeming

xerox of paradise tucked away like a

xenolith from prying eyes.

NaPoWriMo continues!

For in depth definitions (some with pictures) click on the links in the poem.

Quick definitions as follows:

Xyst - a walk with trees

Xylocarp - a woody fruit like the coconut

Xenopus - African clawed frog

Xerus - African ground squirrel

Xiphoid - Sword like

Xebecs - A Mediterranean ship with three masts

Xenolith - A rock inside an igneous rock

The Pleiades poem is a seven line poem where the title and first word of each line all begin with the same letter.

The Pleiades were seven sisters who fled from Orion and eventually became a constellation, so there is one line for each sister. It crossed my mind to wonder how hard it would be to write a Pleiades beginning with X... so I learned a lot of new X words today!

The Pleiades can also be written with just six syllables because only six of the stars can be seen with the naked eye. However, I figured going all X's would be hard enough without restricting the syllables.

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.