The Short Form Poetry Workshop this evening pertained to a New Zealand form of poetry called a Pleiades.

What is a Pleiades?

• Invented in 1999 by Craig Tigerman, Sol Magazine’s Lead Editor.
• a single seven-line stanza.
• Only one word is allowed in the title,
• The first word in each line begins with the same letter as the title
• Strong imagery
• Pronounced
• US: /ˈpliː.ədiːz/ PLEE-ə-deez or sometimes /ˈpleɪ.ədiːz/ PLAY-ə-deez
• UK: /ˈplaɪ.ədiːz/ PLYE-ə-deez

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In engaging this format, I came up with two poems the second of which is Conserve:

Conserve
by Michael Romani

Concentrating on certain self invented myths
Concerning stewardship over the world
Conserving the environment reasonably
Casually asserting there is a balanced approach
Certain misunderstandings have arose
Challenging false statements of disparagement
Conservatives follow the practices of common sense

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