These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Sevenling: "Of The Child"

Of the child, his playful bliss: dancing, running, joying
Of the child in Christmas dreams, lights with music thrill
Of the child these pleasant eats: ice cream, cookies, cake

Of the child, translated young to a counselor in strife,
Alone he knew piano notes to cause the sadness fly away,
His poetry gave his heart a voice...

Of the child who lives in me.

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"The elements of the Sevenling are:

a heptastich, a poem in 7 lines made up of 2 tercets followed by a single line. metered at the discretion of the poet.
unrhymed.
composed with 3 complimentary images in the first tercet and 3 parallel images in the second tercet. The end line is a juxtaposed summary of the 2 parallels, a sort of "punchline"." (The quote is from Tinker on the website, Poetry Magnum Opus.

by Jay O’Toole
on May 15th, 2025