Big Ideas, Brief Poems -- By Tracey Ghassaei

  

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BOOK

Boredom is nothing

hours fly so far away  

when you read a book.

 

“Once upon a time...”

and fantasy starts again

taking you away.

 

Our world is so small

let’s go to a wider one

beyond the pages.

 

Knowing the magic

is alive in all those books

which one will we choose?

 

 

© 2018 PSR

 

 

LOVE

Living things need love:

you, and I, and all the rest

need it like we breathe.

  

Ornament of life:

it glorifies all actions

making the soul fly.

  

Very deep inside

love is born from simple seeds

and just waits to grow.

  

Even through dark times

love can help one go forward

into one’s own light.

  

  

© 2016 PSR

 

SIGLEM

Simple poetry

revolving around one thing

anything you like.

Imagine all of

the different themes you can use

to make your siglem.

Greatness comes even

from a structure that guides us

five-seven-and-five.

Let’s talk about rhyme:

the scheme will always be free

and that is no crime.

Entirely new

this original poem

is not a haiku.

My time has now come

to begin my first siglem

and call it my own.

© 2016 Ursula Muñoz-Schaefer

SIGLEM 575: Minimalistic Poetry

A siglem 575 is a poem that is written based on the letters of the word or words that define the topic and constitute its title. The theme is open and the words that define it constitute the title, which is represented as a kind of acronym, written in uppercase. Each stanza has three verses, and the first word of the first one must begin with the corresponding letter of the acronym. The metric is 5-7-5, with free rhyme. Because of its acronym nature, the stanzas should be able to function independently as a self standing poem, and together, as part of a poem of several stanzas that revolves around the same theme. In a siglem 575 there are as many stanzas as letters are in the title. 

© Patricia Schaefer Röder, August 15, 2011.

HOPE

Help in many forms

our brothers and sisters

need it evermore.
 
Other people cry

disease and hunger are real

we’ll lend them a hand.
 
Peace and hope are here

they’ll grow stronger among us

in every heartbeat.
 
Eternal freedom

souls and spirits will survive

because we’re all one.

©2012 PSR