Birchbark

A Mirror Sestet-unrhymed. Oh my goodness!

Birchbark






Pages flake, fly free in the wind.
Wind them together, leaves for pages:
birchbark journal. Tis more,
more a diary of the tree's history. Birchbark
will tell you a year's weather-
whether or not the storms raged at will,

or if drought drained life-giving sap. History--
history is etched in lines and papered bark or
even as the paper is inked with my journey.
Journey with me: Daresay we'll break even.
For we shed our skins too, peeling away a layer.
Layer beyond skin deep: It's what we live for.

Mirror Sestet

The Mirror Sestet, created by Shelley A. Cephas, is a poem that can be written in one or more stanzas of 6 lines each. The specific guidelines for this form are as follows:

The first word of line 1 rhymes with the last word of line 1.
The first word of line 2 is the last word of line 1
and the last word of line 2 is the 1st word of line 1.

The first word of line 3 rhymes with the last word of line 3.
The first word of line 4 is the last word of line 3
and the last word of line 4 is the 1st word of line 3.

The first word of line 5 rhymes with the last word of line 5.
The first word of line 6 is the last word of line 5
and the last word of line 6 is the 1st word of line 5.

The Mirror Sestet can also be written in non-rhyme.
All rules must be followed except there is no 1st and last word rhyming.