This month, for Carrot Ranch Literary Community, Colleen M. Chesebro challenges us to write a double ennead poem on a topic of our choice in 99 syllables, then reduce to a 48 syllable form, then 24 syllables and finally to a 12 syllable haiku. Here is my entry.
Double ennead form, 99 syllables
clouds like spun sugar in
periwinkle sky,
a tree’s outline in shadow in sunny grass,
white butterflies flying
above rose bushes.
golden yellow lilies
peeking out among
all of the green foliage in the garden,
red Japanese maple
branches wave gently.
a little brown sparrow
hops about in grass,
then flutters over to perch on the fence,
these are the sights I see
outside my window.
48 syllables, 4-7-5 stanza trio
spun sugar clouds
in a periwinkle sky,
butterflies flying.
yellow gold lilies
among the green foliage,
red maple branches,
small brown sparrow
flutters to perch on the fence,
outside my window.
24 syllables, (6-6-6-6,) 1 stanza
spun sugar clouds
in periwinkle sky,
butterflies and lilies,
sights outside my window
12 syllable haiku, short-long-short
spun sugar clouds
above white butterflies
and gold lilies.
© Susan Joy Clark 2021
Lovely. Love how you did that, Susan Joy. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much, Selma. 🙂
Susan, thank you for accepting this challenge. I’m loving the progression of words and how strong your final haiku is! You grabbed all the right words: “spun sugar clouds, periwinkle sky, sights outside my window…” Wow! I love the image you’ve created in my mind. <3
This was brilliant, Susan.
Thank you so much. 🙂