Canon Powershot SD750, Landscape, Poetry

by Patrick JenningsJul 20, 20158:04 pm

Layers and Sunlight

Layers and Sunlight

Layer upon layer
Burgundy, rosé and tawny
The low sun shapes sepias
Into amber and honey

Snowfall still lingers
Through the warmth of today
In slivers and patches
So to outlast sun’s rays

Painted Desert Rim Drive
Off Highway 87
Arizona, United States of America

Taken during travels, 2009

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jenni on Jul 20, 2015 at 8:26 pm
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That was lovely. Really brightened up my day. There aren’t enough poets still writing rhyme, like we’re all running from the constructions of the past.

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  Patrick Jennings on Jul 20, 2015 at 8:32 pm
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  <smile> Thank you so much for this, Jenni.
  
  I write down whatever comes. Since I started this blog, it’s been mostly poetry … which surprises no one more than me. Most is free verse, but lately I’ve been on a bit of a rhyming tear — and even paying some heed to meter. (I’ve actually tinkered with the last couplet since originally posted, just because I wasn’t satisfied with the meter.)
  
  Thanks for letting me know it’s working for you. : )
  
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jenni on Jul 20, 2015 at 8:37 pm
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I always find meter and rhyme a bit like solving a cryptic crosswords. I can’t do either, but I love to watch.

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  Patrick Jennings on Jul 20, 2015 at 8:39 pm
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  OK, that made me laugh out loud, so thank you for brightening my day, twice now. : )
  
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I of July on Jul 22, 2015 at 6:08 am
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perfect… every word deserves its place in the piece…

‘The low sun shapes sepias
Into amber and honey’ – so richly expressed

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