Saturday, December 13, 2014

Tylus 02

 

The moist air is heavy
But crickets
Chirp

Empty bird’s nest in moonlight
Summer night
Mourns


Windows gaze into the dark
A widow
Black

More time for woolgathering
With a pink
Slip

Wind tries to blow out the moon
But morning
Does 

Sparse light caressing the clouds
Dark river
Bark

The merle sings her song along
Without key
Bight

The man is walking slowly
With his dog
Old

The crystal wings of angels
Just after-
Glow

Swaying boughs of the elm trees
Passing clouds
Gone

Leaving a fragrance behind
In his wake
Moon

Can't see the talking wild geese
Above me
Night

White water jumping downwards
Over black
Rocks


Moonlight dancing on the waves
Frogs humming
Wind

Plastic bags in a sandstorm
Forgetting
None

Headlights peek into darkness
Sleep will find
You

Ferns bowing deep to the rain
Before the
Rain



You are still stumbling backwards
Look forwards
Fall

Peninsula in moonlight
While camping
Frogs

Waves are creeping up the shore
Lights flicker
Doubt

Rice paddies and bamboo groves
Butterflies 
Wind

The light wind misses a beat
Roaming in
Pines 

Swirling round like a rainman
Clouds vanish
Sun

A yellow moon edging clouds
Dark meadow
Hare

How the moon touches old bones
Not moving
Trees


S.M. Kelvin created the Tilus [Tee-loo-hz], which falls under the category of micropoetry. I've tried the form myself, but would favour a hendecasyllabic form with 7 – 3 – 1 syllables, which avoids the even syllable count. I don't want to restrict this new form on people and nature, there don't has to be a kigo, but it may be used as in haiku.  The poem should end/point at one word. I call this new form of micropoetry Tylus [Tie-loo-hz].

Link to Tylus 01:
http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2014/10/tylus-01.html
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