National Poetry Month Day Seventeen

Prompt:  Grab the nearest book or magazine and write down 14 random words.  Now write a 14 line poem in which one world is used in each line until you have used all the words.  Maybe write in the form of a sonnet.  Extra credit:  have your title subtly refer to the name of the book or magazine.

SYLVAN

Trees weave toes together

Sharing food, sharing fear

Associate to persevere

In death give life forever.

Drink the rain, feed on deer

Make energy from atmosphere

Recycling the weather.

Long arms bend whenever

Wind whispers, wind screams

Branches sweep, branches swing.

Jade leaves, gold and evergreen

Linked location where birds sing.

Leaves hiss with sibilance

Connected in a common dance.