—EIEIO Poetry From the Missouri Group, The Merry Bombadils,
—Photos by Christopher Moon
FADING AUTUMN
—Teresa Klepac
Ember of a sun amid faded summer trees—
I watch leaves in dervish swirl to the ground.
Every golden leaf tossed up by the breeze
igniting red and orange, dried up brown—
offerings rustle at my feet before a walk
to town.
WINTER WEAR
—Harold Asner
Each winter I start to go shopping.
I want to see what’s new at the mall.
icy streets, and traffic’s a crawl.
Oh, I guess I’ll just shop next fall.
—Carol Louise Moon
Evidently, she didn’t wait . . .
inquires before the one-night stand,
encounters with men alone, the date
in Paris, the foreign cruise ship and
oh! the untraceable form in the sand.
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ANY JULY 4TH
—Pat Laster
Ebbing fireworks on the Fourth
indicates the stash is spent.
Enigmatic: What’s the worth
in money wasted. Every cent!
Our pets are not at all content.
INVITATION
—Marie Asner
Each season invites a peaceful bliss
into hearts that hope one finally says,
“Enter and find a special kiss
inside this place with moonlit rays.
Oh, stay no more in hours, but days.”
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Our thanks to Carol Louise Moon for rounding up some poems from The Merry Bombadils, a group of poets who writes EIEIO’s and sends them to each other for critiquing. There are five members, and they are from several states, but all belong to the Missouri State Poetry Society. Carol Louise “invented” the EIEIO, a five-line poetry form with rhyme scheme A,B,A,B,B. The first letters of lines 1 through 5 are E,I,E,I,O.
And thank you to Carol Louise’s brother, Chris Moon, for his fine photos! “Three Doors” is clever because the third door is implied.
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