Sketchbook_6-3_MayJune_2011_Karin_Anderson_Ekphrastic_Double_Tri-fall:_Our_Eternal

Sketchbook

a journal for eastern and western forms

Ekphrastic Double Tri-fall

Karin Anderson, AU

Introduction

When I listened to Sissel Kyrkjebo sing "Summer Snow" I thought this poem could reinforce her theme of eternal love. Also her crystalline voice reminded me of the crystal image I had used. I would suggest reading the poem first and then listening to "Summer Snow".

Our Eternal Vows

A Double Tri-fall*

You fly with me in dreams
across time
our wings streaking kismet-kissed sky
to sigh melodies streams
as sublime
Aphrodite’s risen spume drifts by~
You sway me in long grass
jade and gold
tomorrow’s dew-drips evermore
caught in crystal cut glass
love foretold
mirroring our quartz rose rapport~
You’re in the breath of me
nights aloft
sunset clouds gilding fluffed shampoo
days hold soft
pockets of my journey
as I wear Summer’s warmth and you~

by courtesy of Andrea (Oceanflower)

*Tri-fall

The Tri-fall, created by Jan Turner, consists three 6-line stanzas, for a total of 18 lines. The rhyme scheme is a,b,c,a,b,c and meter for each stanza is as follows: 6/3/8, 6/3/8. This form requires little to no punctuation and can be written on any subject matter.

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