HOME I WENT ~ it was AUTUMN
AUTUMN ~ the end of every YEAR
YEAR ~ that starts with WINTER ~ two MONTHS
MONTHS ~ Jan & Feb ~ Ice & SNOW !
SNOW everywhere ~ everything WHITE
WHITE roads & white fields & white SHEEP
SHEEP ! Even the BLACK ones are WHITE !
WHITE with snow ~ black & white TV
TV how t'was before COLOUR !
COLOUR comes back in Spring ~ I'M BACK
BACK where I started ~ THIRTY FIVE
FIVE & THIRTY years ago ~ LOOK
LOOK where my School once was ~ ALDI !
ALDI ? Not even WAITEROSE ~ HOME !
Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome BRIAN XOX
I am grateful to Michael Edwards (Poet & Painter)
for permission to use "SNOW" which he posted
with his Poem "Contagion" yesterday ~ THANKS !
In a Flow Poem ~ each line must begin with the
last word in the preceding line. BUT it must not be
mere repetition ~ It must flow ! Because Poetry
is a discipline ! A BLANK VERSE FLOW SONNET
must have 14 lines and each line must also be
CO-SYLLABIC ! In this example each line has eight
syllables ~ iambic tetrameter. This makes it very
reciteable (try it !). Additionally the FIRST & LAST
WORD (HOME) must be identical ! In this Poem I
have capitalised the first & last word in each line
to emphasise that it is a FLOW POEM ! BRIAN XOX
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BRIANSODES (Pseudonym) (
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I feel that the colours of Autumn are the most profound of Natures Canvas.
THANKS ANDY ~ Very true. When I was younger we used to try and find an Autumn Leaf of every rainbow colour ~ R O Y G B I V ~ and amazingly it didn't take long ! After the burst of colour in Spring and the sizzling colours of Summer ~ Autumn does her best to paint a Rainbow before the B & W of Winter ! In ESSEX we never get snow in December but the colour goes and the trees are bare & bleak. We do get FROST however which is beautiful. That is why we have so many Parties & Festivities ~ Thank GOD for CHRISTMAS & CAROLS ! Yours BRIAN
A fine write Brian. By the time I've sorted out iambic-wotsits and all the stuff you've said - should I give up writing the poem?! lol. Or press on?
I'm busy fussing about metres and syllables!
Ohhhhhhhh come on STEVE all your Poems have meter based on the hymns you post. For Hymns to be singable (good word) METER is very important ~ OK ~ We love your Poems ~ they lift us up to Heaven ~ so keeeeeeeeeeeeeep writing ! Yours BRIAN
Oh I see. I been using the wrong sort ofmetres! I been measuring me poems with a yard-stick thing (a metre at 3ft 3ins, just over a yard)! It didn't help me in composing the poems. lol. I probably used that iambic thingy without knowing.
Your pen makes the best of this style and subject dear Brian - so clear indeed that I feel chilly after seeing with mind's eye that snow everywhere - great example of a blank verse sonnet.
Thanks for your appreciation FAY ! One does one's best to introduce ~ and explain ~ new and classical styles of Poetry ~ Yours as always BRIAN
Wonderful write Brian. You are so creative
Loved it.
Thanks HEART ~ Lovely to see you smiling face ! Pleased you enjoyed the Poem ~ All Poetry is creative in Structure & Subject ~ HUGS ~ Brian & Angela @@@@@@@
Thank you Brian.
A lovely write on Autumn.
Sometimes Autumn tends to be overlooked by Spring, Summer and the ever so bleak Winter!
Keep writing
FineB
YES indeed FRIEND ~ Autumn is an interesting MONTH ~ I'm a September Baby (VIRGO) and it is the best Month ~ Cooler after Summer and all the amazing colours of Harvest and the Autumn Leaves. Lots of retired People holiday in the UK in SEPT & OCT and have lovely weather and awesome Autumn Scenery ~ Brightest and Best Season of the Year and Harvest Festivals are the most amazing Services in the Church Calendar Thanks BRIAN
I'm feeling quite cold Brian with this supper write.
Thanks MIKE we are all jumping into WINTER ~ we can't stand the HEAT. Thanks for permission to reproduce your painting ~ when I saw it yesterday I could not believe how well it illustrated today's Poem ! (PRIVATE JOKE) The YMCA have bought a litre of MILK for their elevenses ! Yours BRIAN
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