butterfly jumper
thai yellow shoes
rhythm and rhyme
gave us the clues
words with a reason
passionate hues
snapshots of feeling
images in blue
it takes real talent
possessed by so few
to write something cool
in a couplet or two
or a japanese tanka
french cinquain or haiku
Frances Macaulay Forde © 2008
NOTE: I was one of the Visiting Poets for high schools during National Poetry Week 2008.
