Asking Sara
You have crossed over
Is there enough ink
To scribe the journey
Was it plain sailing
To the other realm
Sincerely asking
Are your words with you
So are you writing
Sunsets are golden
Morning comes again
We are not angry
Your words enlighten
Avid poets sway
mystery beholden
Ink here is flowing
You there are resting
© gillena cox 2024
BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH
today’s prompt to write an Octameter – designed by Shelley A. Cephas in 2007
Poetry Style:
16 lines
2 stanzas of 8 lines each
5 syllables per line
rhyme scheme a/b/c/d/e/d/f/d; g/h/c/g/i/g/d/d.
(N.B. watch out for those repeat rhymes and where they fall; 2 in the first stanza and 3 in the second stanza)
Poetry Topic: There is no set theme but if you wish to try and write in the style of Sara Teasdale or dedicate a poem to her, with or without epigraph,
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