Casting Shadows
(A Lisalet Poem)
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I delight in sunlight casting shadows,
On a warm sunny summer afternoon.
It’s amazing, when that golden orb glows,
Then hard objects get their images strewn.
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On a warm sunny summer afternoon,
I love to sit and watch the dark sideshows
On the ground that such sights festoon.
I delight in sunlight casting shadows.
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It’s amazing, when that golden orb glows,
All the shapes and images that get hewn.
‘Cause Earth’s a canvas where the sun’s ray goes
On a warm sunny summer afternoon.
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Then hard objects get their images strewn
In fragile formats that the light bestows.
Watchers don’t want the scene to end too soon.
It’s amazing, when that golden orb glows.
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On a warm sunny summer afternoon,
I delight in sunlight casting shadows.
| Author Notes |
Sidewalk shadows of tables and grass on a sunny day. I just liked the image. Especially the table legs. This picture inspired the poem.
This poem is a Lisalet.
Lisalet Poem: a style created by Lisa Sherman on FanStory, that has a fixed format of repeating lines and, when rhymed, a forced set of only two rhyme choices in an abab rhyme scheme. The format repeats the first four lines in a structured reverse cascade down the stanzas follows:
1/2/3/4 2/5/6/1 3/7/8/2 4/9/10/3,
such that the stanzas incorporate the repeating lines as 1/2 2/1 3/2 4/3 (I added also a closing 2/1) as the first and last lines of each stanza.
The optional rhyme scheme becomes
A1,B1,A2,B2 B1,a,b,A1 A2,b,a,B2 B2,a,b,A2.
The capitals represent the repeated lines. I hope that all makes sense. I chose the syllable count to be 10, but that is not a requirement. I also added a closing couplet using B1,A1, but that is not a requirement either.
This photograph was taken by the author himself.
