as a prompt, i was asked to compose a poem in my favorite form. i don't have a favorite form, i write in unstructured free-verse. so, i was asked to write something with a structure. this is what i came up with, it is my invented "form."


wintertime death

winter winds
and
no snow
here,
floridian flowers
wilt,
they decay
and
i die
in
backwoods shack

11/10/15




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Written on 2015-11-21 at 05:50

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Jamsbo Rockda The PoetBay support member heart!
Interesting. It portrays a mood very well.
2015-11-27



This is beautiful. And I love this style, which, if it doesn't have a name already, we can call it a Perdue. :)
Ashe
2015-11-21


countryfog
Very classic Japanese in its sensibility and brevity, the seasonality and the loneliness bordering on despair. Nicely done.
2015-11-21