Short Silvern Poems

As the world turns

night churns away 

then a new day yearns

for the night to return

so the sun will adjourn

to the stern 

of earthly concern

while silvern clouds

drift wildly altern

making patterns 

that look like ferns...

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Dread thoughts race,
feelings enmesh.
Vacant eyes,
grim glacial flesh.

Silvern tears
mark me forlorn.
World shattered
upon the morn'.

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3/4/3/4 syllables - checked with howmanysyllables.com)
(Dedicated to a friend who tragically passed recently)

6 November 2017 - entered in "A November Premiere Contest..." sponsored by Brian Strand.
(4th Place)

2 December 2017 - submitted to "Any Poem Won in a Contest in November" sponsored by Laura Loo....

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