FORM: CINQUAIN

SNOW

Look up
From blackening hills
Blows down the light,first breath
of wintry win... look up,and scent
the snow
FORM: HAIKU

SPRING

I saw two seagulls

And a red bird in a tree
Waiting there for spring.
FORM: FREE VERSE

LOVE

Love, an enigmatic force, boundless and pure,

A symphony of emotions, a treasure so sure.
A fleeting glimpse, a stolen touch,
A flame ignited, it's all too much.

It knows no boundaries,it has no end,

A bond eternal, a journey to transcend.
A kaleidoscope of colors, a gentle breeze,
Love's melody, a soulful tease
FORM: DRAMATIC SOLILOQUY

ROMEO AND JULIET

O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?

Deny thy father and refuse thy name.
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet.

'Tis but thy name that is my enemy.

Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part

Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!

What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet.
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called,

Retain that dear perfection which he owes

Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name, which is no part of thee
Take all myself.
FORM: BALLAD

La Belle Dame sans Merci

by John Keats

I saw pale kings and princes too,

Pale warriors, death-pale were they all;
They cried—‘La Belle Dame sans Merci
Thee hath in thrall!’

I saw their starved lips in the gloam,

With horrid warning gapèd wide,
And I awoke and found me here,
On the cold hill’s side.

And this is why I sojourn here,

Alone and palely loitering,
Though the sedge is withered from the lake,
And no birds sing.