A Fold*
Poem
Span of
Eternity
The song of
kiskadee in the morning
A prayer of thankfulness a new day
Swoo-oosh the sweeper's broom trawling
Clearing the streets to absorb the vibrancy
Of breath inhaled of life in the morning
Crisp and cool a brand new breeze
Twenty four hours a to-do list molding
Crams the vacuum with clutter chores
Pretty fancy stationery doodling
Charms of times structured with
The span of eternity begins in the morning
THE
FOLD: An Experimental Short Form
by
Gillena Cox
In 2007
Gillena Cox created the fold form. THE FOLD takes
credibility from haiku; it shares moments which are
special simply and exactly. Grasping the tools of
juxtaposition and contrast, THE FOLD crafts itself into
a rhyming form of ELEVEN lines—unlike its three lined
haiku progenitor. There is one rhyme continuing
throughout the poem, occurring at every other line:
uneven lines rhyme. Lines ONE FIVE, and ELEVEN carry the
same last phrase, to form the EDGES of the FOLD. Line
ONE repeats at line FIVE which is the CREASE of the
FOLD.
Why eleven lines? I was born on the eleventh day of the
month.
"Mud" in the February 2007 Sketchbook
is an example of the
FOLD
Update: 01-20-2011
