It's April, so the Blogging from AtoZ Challenge is in full swing. My theme is Watercolor and Words. This year I am painting a watercolor to go with each letter and composing a poem to accompany it with a type of poetry that starts with the letter of the day. I am mostly experimenting with the watercolors still, so don't expect perfection....
Clicking on the letter of the day will bring you to the main site which has links to get to other participants if you would like to go on an alphabetical adventure!
Arggghh! I did what I set out to do after a lot of thought. But it wasn't good. This is how it ended because I didn't want to start over. Made a couple major errors and it muddied! But I never said I was good at this! I just enjoy doing it...generally...just not this one. But I told myself in the beginning I was just going to do it, good or bad. It's all learning.
I wrote an Octelle is a poem consisting of eight lines using personification and symbolism. The syllable count is 8, 8, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, and its rhyme scheme is
aa/bb/cc/aa, with the last two lines repeated for the last two.
I followed the format but not the "personification or symbolism" part. I'm spent today, or I'd overwork this, too!
Osprey Nests
To withstand time and weather tests
Osprey construct log cabin nestsPerched atop a pole or treeBuilt so they can hawk-eye seeWeather as it's rolling inOr a fish's silver finTo withstand time and weather testsOsprey construct log cabin nests. Donna JT Smith ©2025 I DO hope P is not as persnickety!
I think you are judging your painting too harshly - it works for me - and I enjoyed the poem also...
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Thanks for saying that! I am very critical of myself. I cut myself very little slack! That can destroy your joy in doing! I'm even critical of how critical I am! Lol!
DeleteI have known two ospreys. Well, I knew one, Oscar, who was unable to live in the wild due to injury. And my late in-laws lived in the mountains, on a slope, and a tree below them had an osprey nest on top. We could see them bring fish back to the babies.
ReplyDeleteWe have osprey where I live. There are some poles in an area of the lake that used to be an osprey sanctuary that have a couple of nests. I enjoyed your poem.
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