Today I’m feeling lucky. Not in the rat packy: run to Vegas and blow my savings kind of way, more like: the winds of good fortune are blowing in my direction. I have faith in a kind and forgiving God, hope, joy, peace, a supportive, loving family and circle of friends, safety, good health (knock on wood) and met needs, beauty around me every day, I am passionate about my work and I enjoy the companionship of a rich and diverse writing community. And my first book is about to release into the world and another is on its way next year. Lucky indeed. It hasn’t always been this way, and I know it won’t always be this way. Life, like our stories, gets messy, it can be unpredictable, and is often unpleasant. We suffer. But in this very moment in time, for me, life is going well and I am grateful.
In reverence to this moment, I’m attempting a poetic form inspired by Adelaide Crapsey’s cinquain stanza pattern of five lines with each line having a set number of syllables: two, four, six, eight, and two. My form is based on a septet stanza. Each of the seven lines has a set number of syllables: one, three, five, seven, five, three, one; 25 total syllables. I don’t know if this form has been attempted before. If it has, I’m not aware of it, so if you know of it please let me know, too. It might have a bit of a haiku feel, along with an old Irish blessing, and, because I centered it, the shape of a diamante poem. It’s what arrived on this auspicious day, and I felt like sharing. I hope you enjoy.
Gratefully yours,
Tamera
Blessing Septet Number One
Blessed:
Me. This day.
Winds of good fortune
Warm my skin. A calm embrace
From above. I am
Gratefully
Yours
© 2013 Tamera Will Wissinger
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02.22.2013