Rain
falling
in the stream
The savage winds
blow
One
thousand
leaves sail down
red, green, yellow
lost
The
willow
shakes and weeps
heads bowed strokes stream
sad
Light
it rises
It flies by
A fresh golden
sight
Jun 13, 2018
Jun 13, 2018 at 12:56 PM UTC
Rain
falling
in the stream
The savage winds
blow
One
thousand
leaves sail down
red, green, yellow
lost
The
willow
shakes and weeps
heads bowed strokes stream
sad
Light
it rises
It flies by
A fresh golden
sight
A change from my usual poems in terms of format!
While looking for books on Japanese poetry, I found this website https://penandthepad.com/write-lantern-poem-4928414.html
Introducing me to the Lantern poem! While haikus use the syllable structure of five-seven-five syllables in a total of three lines. The Lantern poem uses five lines with a syllable structure of one, two, three, four and one syllables per line. Of course, it's called the 'Lantern' poem because it's meant to be shaped as a hanging lantern! I can't believe I didn't know about this, it's absolutely wonderful! I'm so gonna write more of these on my page! It was really refreshing to do! ^.^
I feel so inspired!
Be back soon!
Lyn ***
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