Petrichor: A Pleiades*
Prairie’s wet with sky’s tears,
praline buds are mist-kissed,
praying dry twigs now cheered,
prams can now be released,
powerful storm’s appeased.
Prelude’s done, dear rainbow—
play with sweet petrichor.
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Word Inspiration: Sarah Doughty of Heartstring Eulogies (Thanks, Sarah!)
The Pleiades is:
- a heptastich, a poem in 7 lines.
- syllabic, each line is 6 syllables.
- titled with a single word.
- composed with each line beginning with the same letter as the beginning letter of the title.
This is amazing !
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oh wow. thank you very much!
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You are welcome 🙂
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‘P’eautifully done! 😊❤️
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awww. thank you very much, Kunal!
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HAHA! I now noticed the P-eautifully done! HAHA. nice one, Kunal!
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thanks! 😀
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I am sorry this might sound a little strange, but 6 syllables, so how does that work? I could never understand measuring lines by syllables
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Hi Sneha! This link might help: http://www.howmanysyllables.com/howtocountsyllables. 🙂
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Thanks so much 🙂 I appreciate it
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you’re welcome! I hope it will help. 😉
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It will. 🙂
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Thanks! 😀
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Beautifully executed! 🙂
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yay! thank you, prab!
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So lovely… beautiful poem! 🙂
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awww. thank you, Iris!
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one of my fav words given so much meaning in poetry!
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yaaaay! glad to know that! this is indeed a lovely word!
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“Prairie’s wet with sky’s tears.” Beautiful line.
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awww. thank you, Joss!
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You’re welcome! 🙂
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Well, sister, I learned much here. I didn’t know petrichor. Now, thanks to you, I do. And is that the word that was a prompt from Sarah?
I’ve only known the Pleiades as a ancient Greek story and a constellation. I didn’t know it was a poetic form as well. Wow!
Now to what’s most important, the verse. The word choice is alliterative, of course, and apt. You create images and sensations that breathe life into the word. Not that your poems have to remind me of other authors, but I think Willa Cather would like how you’ve rendered the phenomenon here.
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yes, brother! that lovely word is a prompt from,Sarah. 😀
I do remember reading about Pleiades when I was still engrossed with Greek mythology. 😀 And yeah, it is a form! 😀
Thank you very very much for your kind words for my verse. it is tough to start each sentence with P, but i am glad it worked! And my pieces reminding you of magnificent authors is more than elating, brother! thank youuu!
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Cather wrote about the open land. She wrote strongly, as you have written here.
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oh wow. thank you, brother!
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Oh Rosey, this is marvelous!! I love the Pleiades form, and petrichor–both the word and what it means! Lovely, lovely words, dear sister ❤
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yaaay! thank you very much, sissy! ❤ ❤ ❤
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You’re most welcome always 🙂
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This poem, short and sweet, is superb! Lovely lines! Read it twice slowly to take it all in. What a treat!
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Yay! Thank you for such wonderful words, Gilda!
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You’re welcome!
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