go dog go cafe poetry prompt

Creative Life, Poetry

Summer Swim, #Poem,#Rimas Dissolutas

Cool blue water engulfing me,

Makes me feel weightless and light,

Floating, flowing, reflective blue,

Summertime pool, a source of joy.

Now have your choice of lake or sea,

Rippling, trickling, sparkling bright,

Fluid movement created new,

Entertaining now as a toy.

Shifting, wobbling and sliding free,

Spectrum of blue hues to the sight,

Circling you and caressing you,

Nature’s playland for a lithe koi.

Like that fish, it is my realm too,

Bobbling and floating as a buoy.

This was written for Go Dog Go Cafe’s challenge to write a rimas dissolutas form poem. Below is a quote from Go Dog Go Cafe’s page which was taken from Brewer’s poetry dictionary.

“Popular with 12th and 13th-century French poets, rimas dissolutas is a poem that rhymes and doesn’t rhyme. For instance, each stanza contains no end rhymes, but each line in each stanza rhymes with the corresponding line in the next stanza–sometimes employing an envoi at the end. There are no rules for meter, line length, or syllables–except that it should be consistent from stanza to stanza.”

Creative Life, Dog poetry, It's a Doggy Dog World, Poetry

Rest Now, Little Doggies, And Sleep, #Poem, #Quatern

Rest now, little doggies, and sleep,

Find a nook that is safe and warm,

Perhaps in the crook of my arm,

Your furry head on my shoulder.

Silly doggies like to burrow,

Rest now, little doggies, and sleep,

Underneath the warm bed covers,

In the hollow between my shins.

Who will claim the favorite spot,

Snuggled next to your dear Susie?

Rest now, little doggies, and sleep,

You both should find a cozy nook.

Theo lies down along my legs,

Remy rests her bum against me,

Then moves to lean against my foot,

Rest now, little doggies, and sleep.

This was written for Go Dog Go’s challenge to write a quatern poem.

This poem has 16 lines broken up into 4 quatrains (or 4-line stanzas).
Each line is comprised of eight syllables.
The first line is the refrain. In the second stanza, the refrain appears in the second line; in the third stanza, the third line; in the fourth stanza, the fourth (and final) line.
There are no rules for rhyming or iambics.

I wrote another poem recently about sleeping dogs, The Dreamers, but that one is more fantasy. This one is more reality-based, inspired by Theo and Remy, two French bulldogs I take care of from time to time. They are accustomed to sleeping with people, with their owners and then with me, when I am with them. Their sleeping positions amuse me. I am surprised Theo and I both slept with his head on my shoulder.

Creative Life, Poetry

The Ferris Wheel, #Poem, #Lai Poem

Riding up on high,

Into a blue sky,

So fun.

People strolling by,

Below eagle’s eye,

In sun.

Feels like I could fly,

The descent is nigh,

I’m done.

This was written for Go Dog Go Cafe’s challenge to write a poem in lai form. The description below of the form was taken from their page.

Today’s poetry form is called Lai Poetry. From Brewer,

A nine-line poem or stanza that uses an “a” and “b” rhyme following this pattern: aabaabaab. The lines with an “a” rhyme use 5 syllables; the “b” rhyme lines have 2 syllables.