They play and run
Out on the green yard
In the warm
Up and down the tree
Until they have enough fun
With all the children
The loud children
Love to run
And who doesn't like to have fun
In the yard
With the oversize oak tree
When it’s warm
The warm
Inspires the children
To climb higher in the tree
To play and run
In the green yard
Where they have so much fun
The fun
Never ends in the warm
The yard
Is always full of children
That love to run
High into the tree
Green oak tree
Creates so much fun
For all that love to run
In the warm
The three children
Play in the yard
The empty yard
With the empty oak tree
Has no more children
No more fun
Because the warm
Has run
The dead yard is out of fun
The oak tree no longer warm
No more loud children because the fun day came to the end of
the run
Kaitlin, i really enjoyed your sestina. it made me think about when i was a little kid, and my neighbor friends would run around and play in the summer for afternoon to dark. we would have so much fun playing out in the warm summer heat. I loved the transition that you used when your envoi talked about how "the dead yard is out of fun" and "no more loud children because the fun day came to the end of the run."
ReplyDeleteA very child friendly sestina
ReplyDeleteThe last stanza is really effective because those prior stanzas create such a lively, populated place. We come to love the children, the tree, etc. Thus, there's a tone change to somber or sadness when the day is done. I'm a big fan of "the dead yard is out of fun." How fantastic is that?!
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