MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie – B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond
This is an elfje:
Line 1: One word
Color or feature – the atmosphere of the poem;
Line 2: Two words
Something or someone with the color/feature in line one;
Line 3: Three words
More information about the person/ object in line two;
Line 4: Four words
The poet in relation to the object in line two – a conclusion, of sorts;
Line 5: One word
The “bomb” or “essence” of the poem
**You may write in either 1-2-3-4-1 syllables
or 1-2-3-4-1 words.
I wrote two – the first using syllables and the second using words for the count
grey
mountain
secretive
shrouded in fog
still
slate
Devil’s Head
natural rock formation
treading on loose stones
balancing