Fresh

(A spring Rispetto)



I wait for earth to warm my heart
the soil to breathe with life anew
where I as one, become a part
of who I am and what I do.

Could any other season be
more personal than this you see;
the me I am and often bring
when all is fresh in early spring?  




Pamela A. Lamppa 
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A Rispetto, an Italian form of poetry, is a complete poem of two rhyme quatrains with strict meter. The meter is usually iambic tetrameter with a rhyme scheme of abab ccdd. A Heroic Rispetto is written in Iambic pentameter, usually featuring the same rhyme scheme.

Ardent Reaffirmation

As sun begins her long descent
from noonday high to brittle beach
his soft-held lips sing sad lament
as sun begins her long descent.
And winsome woes begin ascent
spread far beyond his nimble reach
as sun begins her long descent
from noonday high to brittle beach.

Spread far beyond his nimble reach
while river's current turns aside
his tear filled eyes must now beseech
spread far beyond his nimble reach,
those questions voiced through silent speech
where thoughts and feelings must collide
spread far beyond his nimble reach
while river's current turns aside.

Where thoughts and feelings must collide
to reconnect the heart with love
his grateful prayer will not subside. 
Where thoughts and feelings must collide
with all the care he stands beside,
he places hope in those above
where thoughts and feelings must collide
to reconnect the heart with love.

He places hope in those above
and watches faith remove the sun,
that tender hand suggestive of;
he places hope in those above.
Time passes through what's now begun
like gentle coo of mourning dove.
He places hope in those above
and watches faith remove the sun.




Pamela A. Lamppa 
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"Triolet"
ABaAabAB
"An intertwining triolet poem."
Combining two or more triolets linked by repeating lines. The sixth line of the first refrain forms the first line of the next refrain and so on.

Barrage

I maneuver 
between
skewed shadows

perceive

recall lamp-lit
nostalgia before 
ominous flood

before brooms
before mud

when orange cat
like ginger marmalade
meows sweet mews
on warm 
front porch memory

before 
blood doors
slam away 

dense rain and 
rising river water




(inspired by the painting "Breaking it Down" by Mary O. Smith)







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Shame

Thought waivers,
bends the blister of
spoken tongue
as harsh domains
fire yesterday's
ember.

Splendor exhausts
earth-scent
as it conspires with
the cost of cadence.

Genes remain
entombed in 
soiled blood
while heritage
resounds with
an echoed
shriek.

I am no better
than Mother's 
yesterday.







Pamela A. Lamppa 
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Diverseness

Deep in the cozy round of crisp-point square
a circled arch holds words that dance and wear
the newness of the stranger found in heart
and beats its song for all who stop to start.

Who says the round peg cannot find its place
like needles shed from bright and bending larch?
Each frozen branch stiffens like laundry starch,
while zeal's curve glows to fill the empty space.

And here, beneath the sheen of budding love
one's differences begin to build a home.
Murmurs as gentle as the peaceful dove
brings heart to rest where never need it roam.

Embrace life's shapes and sizes as they come;
acceptance should be all it can become.









Rebel Multi Rhyme Sonnet 10 syllables per line
Rhyme Scheme aabb, cddc, efef, gg



Pamela A. Lamppa 
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