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Life’s Garden: A Poem within a Poem
Strolling through life’s garden,
shadows rain,
seeking shelter as winds whip,
danger hovers,
droplets spit and spatter ‘cross my cheek,
strength stings,
then clouds thin their thick blankets,
goodness yawns,
a beam of sun glides a light revealing,
warmth shines.
Fate/Destiny
Do you believe in fate/destiny?
I believe in the Will of God.
Making a splash
Goodness and Seeking
Seek goodness in all that you do. The goodness will find you if you are seeking.
Foolish Defiance by L. M. Montes
Long ago defiance ruled,
I shook my head and sighed,
why did people listen not
and wag their tongues with lies.
Chances rolled down hills,
no takers snatched them up,
instead offenders turned away
with foolish fists corrupt.
Winds blew them hither and yon,
a lesson to be taught,
years it took to do what’s right
then seek the promise sought.
Job Love
Do you enjoy your job?
My job is writing. I’m an author and blogger, and I enjoy every minute I am writing. I do what you love and love what I do.
Poetic Devices
Below is a table of various poetic devices and their meanings. Over the past year I’ve done articles on individual ones, but here are I am putting them all together in one post. These are just some of them.
| Poetic Devices | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Assonance | Rhyming of the same vowel sounds | Leaves blew in the breeze |
| Alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | Sweet singing doves |
| Metaphor | This is where an object in, or the subject of, a poem is described as being the same as another otherwise unrelated object. | The sand is a warm blanket |
| Simile | A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind. It’s used to make a description more vivid. | As fast as a cheetah. |
| Personification | Giving an inanimate object human characteristics. | The moon smiled back. |
| Imagery | Used in poetry, novels, or other writing that uses vivid description that appeals to the readers’ senses. This creates an image or idea in their head. | The leaves sounded like clapping hands. |
| Allusion | An expression intended to call something to mind without mentioning it specifically. It’s a hint towards something. | Chocolate is his kryptonite. Superman is alluded to but not mentioned. |
| Hyperbole | Exaggerated statements or not meant to be taken literally | I am so hungry I could eat a whole side of beef. |
| Allegory | A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, like a moral or political moral. | Animal Farm by George Orwell is an example of an allegory. |
| Consonance | The repetition of consonant sounds within a line of text. | The boss had a loss. Molly remained jolly. |
| Repetition | The act of repeating something that has already been said. Used to create effect. | Time after time. Over and over. |
| Enjambment | The continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next. | Birds fly above a dew covered grassy meadow. |
| Meter | In poetry, meter is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse | iambic pentameter trochaic foot anapestic foot (More on these in another post) |
The Last Goodbye
Describe the last difficult “goodbye” you said.
A guy friend of mine and I used to work together. Something cane up and he had to quit. It devastated me. We enjoyed working together. It was fun.
Kitty Thoughts
WRITE TIME AND AGAIN 