Allow every silence
Attend simplicity
Accept her every breath
Appreciate her strengths
Ally with her heartbeat
Admit her soul to yours
Avow ….. Eternity
Photo from Eyes of a Dragon – Avow
About Eyes of a Dragon
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Pleiades: This titled form was invented in 1999 by Craig Tigerman, Sol Magazine’s Lead Editor. Only one word is allowed in the title followed by a single seven-line stanza. The first word in each line begins with the same letter as the title. Hortensia Anderson, a popular haiku and tanka poet, added her own requirement of restricting the line length to six syllables.
Background of the Pleiades: The Pleiades is a star cluster in the constellation Taurus. It is a cluster of stars identified by the ancients, mentioned by Homer in about 750 B.C and Hesiod in about 700 B.C. Six of the stars are readily visible to the naked eye; depending on visibility conditions between nine and twelve stars can be seen. Modern astronomers note that the cluster contains over 500 stars. The ancients named these stars the seven sisters: Alcyone, Asterope, Celaeno, Electra, Maia, Merope, and Tygeta; nearby are the clearly visible parents, Atlas and Pleione. The poetic form The Pleiades is aptly named: the seven lines can be said to represent the seven sisters, and the six syllables represent the nearly invisible nature of one sister.
(The above explanation from Shadow Poetry)
Thanks again to Kira at Wrestling Life for introducing me to this and other Poetry Forms.
Previous Pleiades: S, T, H,
beautiful!
Thank you!
Avow-ed, wonderfully expressed. xx
Thank you!
Just Lovely and Perfect! Blessings!
Thank you!
Interesting post.
Thank you. I just try to surprise myself, when I write. For me, Pleiades is the hardest form to compose.
You did an amazing job on a very difficult poetry form. This is truly beautiful 🙂
I continue to thank you for showing me amazing styles! I never studied ANY poetry in school … ever! So .. thank you Kira! And Pleiades offers the most challenging form…to me. The most difficult to write, and the most satisfying! Oh, wait…I might have studied a sonnet or two…..and was completely intimidated! 🙂
I have yet to try a sonnet. I had never even heard of poetry forms until last April when I wrote a different poetry form each day. I just bought a book on Poetry Forms that I’m looking forward to trying my hand at. If I find some cool ones I’ll post them on my blog so that you can try them too! I’d like to try some Celtic and Welsh poetry forms…
YES! There are SO many different styles and forms – find more cool ones!!!
I like this!
it almost made me like Valentines day 🙂
I have never heard of this form before…I like it…
Thank you this is really beautifully expressed…
take Care…You Matter…
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maryrose
Thanks! Same about Valentine’s Day for me too! 🙂 New style for me, and still trying it out. I am calling it my ‘Pleiades Project‘ and attempting each letter, in a somewhat random order. To me, it is a combined challenge of haiku, tanka and very specific word use. Very hard for me!
but you are doing it very well..it all flows together
to form more thoughts…and for us to think…as well as enjoy
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Thanks! I am trying to avoid what ‘X’ and ‘Q’ are going to be! 🙂
Quantum qualifying leaps are eXra eXquisite you know
🙂
I won’t be able to outdo that! 🙂
I was just try to think of x’s you are right…wow thats hard LOLs
I might end up being an X-poet, by that time! 🙂
nah you will do what you do best…
write from the heart …
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I certainly try! 🙂
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