Michael Edwards

BURNING

 

 

BURNING

 

Bracken,

crisp, golden,

rustling, dying, snapping,

dusty, dry, ignitable, smoking,

glowing, flaring, flaming,

fierce, frenzied,

fire.

 

 

 

In the form of a Diamante Poem.   A Diamante is a seven-lined contrast poem set up in a diamond shape. The first line begins with a noun/subject, and second line contains two adjectives that describe the beginning noun. The third line contains three words ending in -ing relating to the noun/subject.

The forth line contains two words that describe the noun/subject and two that describe the closing noun/subject. This is where the shift occurs. In the fifth line are three more -ing words describing the ending noun/subject and the sixth are two more adjectives describing the ending noun/subject. The last line ends with the closing noun/subject.

Did you get all that?