Syllabic Verse*
Silver
Anniversary
In a bleak
mid-winter
just twenty-five years ago
a stranger I came to know,
this peace began to show.
In a bleak mid-winter
Jesus I came to know,
some twenty-five years ago,
shalom began to glow.
Free to be, the real me
sensitivity to show,
mid-winter, twenty-five years ago
Author notes:
Inspired by my
favourite carol by Christina Rossetti Christmas greetings.
Marianne Moore's
syllabic verse* have stanzas with a pre-determined number of
syllables; indentation underlines parallels; shape indicates
syllabic disposition, and use of thyme. A stanza is often a
single sentence and the stanza is often her unit of sense.
"Silver Anniversary"
is my version in tribute to this form--Marianne Moore's syllabic
verse.
~Brian Strand, UK
Brian Strand,
UK—Let
Us Pary: Hallelujah
Sonnet
"old calendar" Kukai
