Michael Edwards

LANTURNES BY THREE

 

 

LANTURNES by THREE

 

 

A

shower

of incense,

like gentle rain,

soothes.

 

 

Words

written

when exposed

to the hot sun

fade.

 

 

Was

Adam

embarrassed

by the autumn

fall ?

 

 

 

 

 

The Lanturne is a five-line verse shaped like a

Japanese lantern with a syllabic pattern of one,

two, three, four, one.