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 first of which is Stewardship:
Stewardship by Michael Romani Survival of the fittest Surely depends on cooperation So much depends on this Simple operation of life Stewardship is found Shared among those caring Strength is found in the bundle of life (c) June 27, 2017 Michael Romani All Rights Reserved
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 