[This poem is an example of a Waltmarie—at least ten lines long (it can be longer) and every even line has only two syllables. This one was published in the Last Stanza Poetry Journal.]
within the context of hush, a vocabulary of whispers
snow fell
time was not essential—Friday evening into Saturday morning
quiet
the valley filled itself with white evergreens
no wind
an infinity of snowflakes erased sight lines, landscapes
silver
we went into the fields tobogganing snow angels
ice warm.
| Copyright © 2022 by Michael H. Brownstein Michael H. Brownstein’s volumes of poetry, A Slipknot Into Somewhere Else and How Do We Create Love?, were published by Cholla Needles Press in 2018 & 2019, respectively. |
the two syllables serve as summarizing punctuation—
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Beautiful.
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ReplyDeleteTo conjure a snowy scene to a Florida boy is no mean feat sir, but you have done it to perfection. I was unaware of this form; I imagine the last time I was in poetry class it had yet to be invented. I looked up Candice Kubinec and her timeline puts her only a little older than me.
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