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Winter Wishes

Autumn morning wakes to the winter solstice.
Shadows lengthen, hiding in lonely forests.
Naked tree limbs reach for the cold moon's brilliance.
   Heavenly silence...

Season's mother patiently incubating -
Seedlings sleeping under the drifting snowfall.
Nature's blanket ~ natural incubation
   Waiting for springtime...

Cozy fires flicker on frosted windows.
Prayerful voices echoing through the silence -
As tomorrow waits like a wistful wish does
   Hopeful horizons...

seasonssapphic stanza

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Crystol Woods

October 24, 2024 at 10:32 AM

This is a beautiful form I've never heard of... gorgeous visually. I'm not sure i understand the contest, I've never heard of some of the phrases used to describe the stanzas but I'll study on it and see! Xo

Crystol Woods

October 25, 2024 at 10:09 AM

Thank you Craig for taking time to help me learn! Your always so kind and thoughtful. I have a long way to go yet but I learn something new daily! Ty again! Xo

Craig Cornish

October 24, 2024 at 11:35 AM

Crystal, those words are definitions of metrical from. Most have heard of iambic pentameter, which simply means 10 syllables (penta) in iamb meter (first syllable unaccented - second accented). Trochee meter is the reverse of iambic meter which means that the first syllable is accented and the second is not. To make matters more confusing, there is some allowance for usage within the context for inflection and mood/flow which is created by the writer. Once we learn these meters we can use them at our will to create mood and feelings. The reader will not know it, but will feel it.

Reason A. Poteet

October 18, 2024 at 3:52 PM

Aha! the cozy fires are outside the windows. Much as I admire well-done alliteration, when I read aloud, "fires flicker from frosted" it is a bit of a tongue twister, clumsy at best. Thanks for your kind reply, working on an entry.

Craig Cornish

October 24, 2024 at 11:20 AM

Reason, actually the fires are inside and reflected on the windows--one of the purposes of interpretive writing is to create thoughts and feelings, not to describe them. It is a catalyst for thought, not the exact description of it?

Reason A. Poteet

October 18, 2024 at 8:47 AM

Love your description of winter as the mother of seasons awaiting the new birth of springtime. Also enjoyed the personification of the tree limbs reaching for the light. Might change on to from (l. 9), a minor tweak. Great example of Sapphic stanza for novices in using the form, Craig. Enjoyable read.

Craig Cornish

October 18, 2024 at 9:17 AM

Thank you Reason, but changing line 9 like that would make the meter incorrect, also, I'm referring to a reflection there. trochee, trochee =(Cozy, FIres) dactyl = (FLICKer on) trochee, trochee =(FROSted, WINdows)---the meter is what makes a Sapphic Stanza so challenging. The meter here comes first, a cohesive artistic message comes next.

Daniel Henry Rodgers

October 14, 2024 at 11:19 AM

Hello Craig, What wonderful scenes of the Autumn and Winter. It was well written and expressed to the point I felt I was there. Autumn Blessings, My Friend, Daniel

Craig Cornish

October 18, 2024 at 9:28 AM

Very kind Daniel, thank you

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