Signal Boost: Poetree's next community week plus new poem, "November's Child"

[alee_grrl]

November always sparks a lot of contemplative thinking for me, particularly as my birthday approaches. Fittingly enough my birthday kicks off poetree's next community week which is set around the theme of remembrance and memorial. It seemed appropriate that I sign up for the Monday, November 18th post. I'm going to be writing about birthdays as memorial and how November is always a strange mix of celebration and grief for me.

I have several poems brewing right now, particularly with all the memories that are often stirred up around this time of year. My initial thought was to do one long poem, but after a bit of writing and reflection I realized that I want to explore some things more fully. I decided to start off with an etheree to get my poetic juices flowing again.

November's Child

Fall
into
memory
whispers the world
as leaves fall from trees
gold and amber against
grey rain. Long shadows stretch out
from pools of indoor light, dancing
through the storm. In memory and dream
I am November's child--sunlight and storm.

Comments

[calissa]

Oh, how lovely! I wasn't familiar with the etheree form previous to this, so thank you for the education! I especially like how the form of the poem forces the reader to slow down as the lines get longer, rather echoing the effect of the season. I particularly like that last line.

I'm also very much looking forward to your post next week!

[alee_grrl]

Thank you. I only learned about the form in the last few years in discussions over at poetree. It's a very fun format to play with.

[calissa]

I've actually bookmarked the page you linked to and intend to have a bit of a play myself :)

[alee_grrl]

Yay! It's such a fun format. It has become one of my favorite short form formats.

[calissa]

I was also interested to note that there were a heap of other formats on the site. I've been wanting to learn more about poetry formats, so this is a valuable resource!

[untonuggan]

lovely! <3

[alee_grrl]

Thanks!

[zirconium]

The contrast of gold and amber against grey is especially striking.

[alee_grrl]

Thank you.

[cirque]

Lovely <3

I'd never heard of an etheree before this. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

[alee_grrl]

You're very welcome. I am quite fond of the form. Really need to create a tag and go back and tag the other ones that I've written.