The Minison Project: Three Submissions

Minisons are "mini-sonnets" -- poems consisting of 14 letters per line.  They can be as short as one line long, or the lines can be grouped together; most commonly in a group of 14 lines (each line 14 letters)often called a "Coronet". The following poems were SUPER fun to write.  They were a challenge both intellectually as well as poetically. I  will continue to write using this format as it is a great discipline for finding just the right words that evoke ideas and feelings and keeping one's writing "tight" and impactful.  The theme of the April edition of the Minison Project was "Fairytales" and three of my minison made it into this issue.  

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​Hello Jack

A cow, Milky-White
traded for beans
a mother forlorn
casting them out
dawn follows eve
tendrils unfurl
magical, skyward
brave nimble boy
leaps his window
seeking fortune
bag of shiny coin
shimmering harp
hen’s golden eggs
Fee-fi-fo-fum, Jack

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The Lesson

Upon her arrival
a queerish hello

wide, lupine grin
also, shockingly
massive canines…

BETTER TO EAT YOU!

Huntsman’s blade
Slain gray beast
Grandma rescued

Be ever reminded,
innocent ones, to
trust intuition:

wise to consider
cloaked dangers


Ode to Rapunzel (in 5 minisons)
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Fairest hostage
          honeyed tresses
                   spill earthward
                           silken lifeline
                                    lover ascending