Embrace the Lines
three rhymed sestets written as a cento (see below)
PC I muse, while the heaving waves of life are rising,
SO earth’s rampant tides drag one deeper. Unsurprising
CR memories burn again, ‘ever brighter, higher,
NO serenades from elders gath’ring in a bonfire.
PC The sea of our mind has no mercy in its reach
AD Embrace these lines, imagine life without a beach?
NO Consider a spectacle tryst with my rice field.
CR The field of grass, I lay in once where I was healed
SH in a mixture of emerald and shamrock hues,
SO simply confined in momentary thoughts and views.
SH I wish to paint our landscape again with new breadth.
AD Embrace these lines to come back from ocean’s depths.
NO Lanterns glow near the plain, rivers blue twirl on clay,
AD It is a time to relax, to stay calm, to pray.
SH Green embraces every lake, tree tops kiss the sky
CR Sweet tender days on which we look back, unsure why
PC dangers still hide in dark corners unknown before.
SO Embrace these lines, hope to be washed upon the shore.
I used June 2016 poems written by these six PS poets.
Author's initials precede lines which are attributed to each.
My thanks to each one of you for your permission to use your pieces
to write mine.
The Sea of My Life – Paul Callus
Drowning in Tears – Silent One
Forever Bright – Carrie Richards
A Sunny Beach – Andrea Dietrich
Rice Fields – nette onclaud
Green is Serene – Sandra Haight
July 4, 2016
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