A cadralor quadrille for dverse, to celebrate two poem acceptances and getting back into the swing of things.
The weight of stone
1.
Wading through meadow grass,
we walk on buttresses of stone.
2.
Above the weighted earth,
kestrel hangs, feather-light.
3.
That time I cried, before you turned away,
your eyes were stones.
4.
Children collecting beach pebbles,
collecting memories.
5.
Written in the stars,
incandescent rocks, past and future.
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Wonderful, all. And congratulations on some well-deserved recognition!
Thanks, De. I’m still amazed about one of them.
Congratulations … and glad to see you back in the swing… love the form, I have never seen it before, but it reminds me a bit of “thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird”
Thank you. It’s a good form, five different images drawn together in the fifth stanza. Rather like the ‘blackbird’.
Congratulations again!
I love the incandescent rocks of past and future. (Of course.) 😀
I borrowed that image from your collection. I’ve cleaned it up and put it back 🙂
Oh! Thank you! 🤣 💫
It’s only polite 🙂
😀
I like your realms of stone. Congratulations on having 2 poems accepted ❤
Thank you! I’m feeling pretty pleased with myself 🙂
You’re welcome.
I agree with Bjorn this IS very like 13 ways etc. Very original and beautifully done.
Thanks Beverly. It’s a new form and one I enjoy very much.
I’m not familiar with the form JD, but I loved this post, clicked on over to your previous post (don’t know how I missed it!) and I’m diggin them both! And big Congrats on the acceptances!
Thanks Ron 🙂 Sorry not to have been around much lately. I get precisely three notifications from WP. Two from people I’ve followed for years. The third, who pops up occasionally, I have no recollection of at all. Don’t know why that is. All the settings are right.
Congrats. And I love this part specially:
That time I cried, before you turned away,
your eyes were stones.
Thanks, Grace 🙂 I enjoy this form.
Luv all of your verses
Good Monday
Much💜love
Thank you, Gillena! Have a lovely week!
The kestrel of course. (K)
Again. You must write that poem.
I did.
I see 🙂
I love what you have done her Jane. The images of earth’s buttresses of stone is wonderful.
Thanks, Dwight. It’s what’s holding everything up 🙂
Yes!
Congratulations! I haven’t tried this form before, thanks for the introduction. Wonderful poetry as always, Jane.
Thank you! The cadralor is a form I enjoy very much. You can find the rules at the Gleam magazine site. They invented it.
I’m going to have to find out more about cadralor, Jane – I love the way you’ve woven in the stone theme here. How did work on the novel go?
Look at Gleam magazine. They created the form and that’s all they publish. It’s very versatile. Mine are mini stanzas compared to many.
I’m picking my way very slowly through a novel I wrote a few years ago that I almost sold. When it’s revised, I’ll try it again. Not writing anything new. I have too many good, polished stories already that nobody wants.
I am working on my first, and what a mammoth task it is. Poetry provides some relief!
Yes, I find that too. It’s not the same way of working with words at all. Good luck! What are you writing?
It’s a mystery with some dystopia woven in…
Sounds like the kind of story that should sell. Mystery, crime and romance are safe bets for publishers, you just have to break in.
Beautiful, so many memories and situations associated with a simple rock.
Thank you. We make connections all the time. I think it’s a natural human need, seeing meanings and portents in disparate events and objects.
Such a beautiful sharing of a memory… thank you, Jane.
❤
David
Everything is connected. I’m pleased you like it xx
each stanza a different stone to hold – collected together in this intriguing form (I must try it sometime, so thank you for this).
And congrats on having such recognition
Thank you. If you want to know how a cadralor is supposed to be, have a look at Gleam magazine. They give the rules (and invented the form).
Congratulations! This is a beautiful form.
Thank you! I think it usually makes a much bigger poem with long densely packed stanzas. This is a mini version.
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Great! I am feeling the positive waves. Thanks for sharing, Jane! xx Michael
I’m glad you like this 🙂
LOVE this cadralore….love this form and so glad you’ve introduced us to it. You’ve done it beautifully here, Jane.
Thanks Lillian. It’s a great form for making connections within images.
This is so lovely!!!
I’m pleased you like it 🙂