Patio Rodeo

masquerade in bamboo 
prayer flags sway shoo
stars on a string like worn shimmery papers
wishes upon vapors
spring’s breezy shapers

close friends sharing sweet wine
clinking glasses shine
glowing gold from warm fire in cool desert night
poetry thoughts ignite
words form without sight

3am comes far too quickly
cactus is prickly
pears so sweet even in arizona heat
artists get together
creatives elite

Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt – And here’s our optional prompt for the day. Like music, poetry offers us a way to play with and experience sound. This can be through meter, rhyme, varying line lengths, assonance, alliteration, and other techniques that call attention not just to the meaning of words, but the way they echo and resonate against each other. For a look at some of these sound devices in action, read Robert Hillyer’s poem, Fog. It uses both rhyme and uneven line lengths to create a slow, off-kilter rhythm that heightens the poem’s overall ominousness. Today we’d like to challenge you to try writing a poem of your own that uses rhyme, but without adhering to specific line lengths. For extra credit, reference a very specific sound, like the buoy in Hillyer’s poem

From the Author: Thanks to my good friend and talented poet, Veronica Hosking, I was inspired to attempt a new-to-me poetry form to capture wonderful, art-filled, creative evenings on the patio. She makes my life so much fuller and a lot more fun. Thank you, Veronica!