Cameo Poem*
Twelve Red
Roses
Her smile
A thing of beauty
It lights up her unblemished face
Enchanted
He returns with twelve red roses
To try his luck at winning
Her heart
*As used by
contemporary poets in some on-line internet forums, the
Cameo Poem is written in a strictly counted syllables per
line; no rhymes are used.
line 1 = 2
syllables;
line 2 = 5;
line 3 = 8;
line 4 = 3;
line 5 = 8;
line 6 = 7;
line 7 = 2 (Writer's
Cafe).
Historically,
the visual art form of the cameo has inspired earlier
writers; the 19th-century Russian poet Lev Mei,
composed a cycle of six poems entitled (Cameos, 1861), as
reflections on each of the Roman rulers from Julius Caesar
to Nero. In 1852 Théophile Gautier titled a collection of
his highly polished, lapidary poems Emaux et Camées (Enamels
and Cameos) (Cameo).
Originally, a
Cameo
is a method of
carving an object such as
an
engraved gem, item of
jewelry or vessel made in
this manner. It nearly always features a raised (positive)
relief image; contrast with
intaglio, which has a
negative image (Wikipedia).
Definition of cameo from the Longman Dictionary of
Contemporary English within the topic LITERATURE:
a short piece of writing that gives a clear
idea of a person, place, or event (Longman).
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Writer's Cafe
2.
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3.
Wikipedia
4.
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