Poetry Day Ireland is April 27th. So I reunited with my fellow fools for poetry today in Cavan Burren Forest Park for a walk, picnic and poetry writing. The dogs got walked, too. I shared NapoWriMo’s Day 23 challenge. Which is a form hitherto unknown to me. But, like haiku, it has an unrhymed, strictly defined format.
The elevenie contains five lines of eleven words. Line 1 is a single noun. Line 2 contains two words about what that item ‘does’, with line 3 telling the where or how of Line 1. Line for is supposed to convey the meaning of it all. And Line 5 winds it all up with a single word. Apparently, it is very popular for teaching German as a Second language!
Today’s challenge was to write a double elevenie.
Letting the Stones Speak
Rock
Stands still
Cavan Burren forest
Eon’s old limestone seabed
Erratic
Megalith
Stands proud
Stone Age craft
Art the first impulse
Presence
Yikes, what a challenge!! Love the stalwart rocky clarity of your meeting it so adeptly, Bee … final word so perfect. ~ kwp