breathe, drink in the cobalt of a perfect sky abandon, absent rain left us with cracked earth fall, tumbling with leaves on a windy day hurt, winter’s ache culminating in rebirth
Kim M. Russell, 22nd September 2022
Laura has prepared this week’s Meeting the Bar at the dVerse Poets Pub and has us writing two by two: today’s poetry prompt is all about couplets!
I rather like the côte, a poem of uneven couplets attributed to John Schroeder, in which line 1 is a single imperative verb and line 2 is a glossing or expansion of line 1. She has given us an example, rhyme and meter is of our own choosing.
writing in north norfolk 
I too liked the côte, Kim! You have captured the seasons so beautifully.
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Thanks so much, Punam!
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You are welcome.
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I love this seasonal poem! Fall tumbling and winter’s ache most especially.
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Thank you, Lill. I wasn’t sure where to start and decided the Cote was the form for me. I started with a verb and it kind of wrote itself!
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Simply captured and simply true to each season, Kim. Lovely.
~Dora
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Thank you so much, Dora!
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Yes’m. That’s how it’s done. Thanks.
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Cheers Ron!
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Very nicely done! I liked this a lot.
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Thank you!
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Well done Kim.
Much💛love
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Thank you, Gillena, and much love to you!
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Wonderful piece Kim, delicate and wonderful! 🙂✌🏼❤️
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Thanks Rob! 🙂
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You made it flow effortlessly…
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Thank you, Trudessa.
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I thought this was very well executed.
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Thank you very much.
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Simple and elegant, Kim. You make the form look easy. I love: “drink in the cobalt of a perfect sky”
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Thank you so much, Merril, you’ve made my day!
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You’re very welcome, Kim! 💙
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I love this!
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Thank you, Mary!
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