CLIPPED FREE
 
Today
I felt you slip
away.

I tried
to wish you well,
but cried

To see
my children's wings
clipped free.

~~
Written for the Form Over Substance challenge
Form: Musette

Dedicated with love to my children
Rodney and Tammy
~~

By Sharon Peeples

© 2008 Sharon Peeples (All rights reserved)

 
The poem above was written for the Form Over Substance Challenge
- our form for the week is:

Memento

Musette
The Musette, created by Emily Romano is a poem that consists of
three verses of three lines
each. The first lines have two syllables; the second lines have
four syllables, and the third lines
have two syllables. The rhyme scheme is a/b/a for the first
verse; c/d/c for the second verse,
and e/f/e for the third verse. The title should reflect the
poem’s content.

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