An Alliterisen
Silver stars sparkling up above pensive poet
Trees trembling as brisk breeze blows through gnarly bifurcations
Fingers feeling for lightless letters on keys
Elbows resting upon stiff, supportive table top
Tongue tasting tangy, satisfying sounds
Words wandering after meandering meanings
Squinting through thick leaves, sees self sitting 'pon a star
The Alliterisen
The Alliterisen (Complex and Rhyming), a form created by Udit Bhatia, is a simple seven-lined poem with a specific syllable pattern and two alliterations per line. For example: Glorious Graves, and wonderful waves. Alliteration is the succession of similar consonant sounds. They are not recognized by spelling, but rather by sounds.
The Skeptic's Kaddish ๐ฎ๐ฑ 
That’s really beautiful. ๐
๐ค Thanks, Terveen ๐ค
Your alliterisens are captivating. It looks hard. I tried it. It IS hard! Thanks for sharing your creativity, David. Beautiful!
It actually is quite hard for me, which I didn’t expect! It’s the syllable count that makes it particular challenging, I think…
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David
“Fingers feeling for lightless letters on keys” Just love this line David! ๐โค๏ธ๐
๐ Thanks, Ken! ๐
love the poem and the visuals, you rose to the challenge well David … now off to find me a star!
Was your search fruitful, Kate? ๐
still looking David, my imagination has taken a vacation without my permission …
Words wandering after meandering meanings…all the time. (K)
โค๏ธ๐งก๐ Kerfe ๐๐๐
Though I do like the alliteration of the wandering words and meandering meanings, I prefer the perspective of the pensive poet upon a star sitting, sighing and scribbling sonnets and sijos.
me too ๐
this form has presented me with a learning curve!
‘words wandering after meandering meanings.’ ๐๐๐๐
๐ค๐ Diana ๐๐ค
This one was wonderful ๐ I really loved it! Perhaps I should take a leaf out of your book and try some new forms of poetry other than my rhyming ones…
And here is my next free verse:
https://theforgersoffantasy.art.blog/2021/09/18/the-river-part-2/
I think it’s lovely – and I even like its shape ๐
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David
Ah thanks, the shape’s actually something I made on purpose ๐
I assumed so ๐
did make me think of “brisk breeze blocks” which would have ben an interesting twist ๐คฃ
๐คก Pete ๐คก
[…] Wandering words, or: Meandering meanings โ The skeptic’s kaddish […]
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Words wandering after meandering meanings ….. is so beautiful and evocative.
โจ๐โจ Reena โจ๐โจ