A MYRIAD of SEPTOLETS
- ilamagazine1
- Nov 7, 2023
- 2 min read
In October, ILA Magazine challenged poets with a SEPTOLET Prompt. Initially, we had planned to only pick a handful of poems to publish, however, after going back and forth with a final decision, ILA chose 19 poems out of 26 to feature. The SEPTOLET Poem form consists of 7 lines, written in a total of only 14 words with a break: (Between the 3rd and 4th lines or 4th and 5th lines), with both stanzas written in the same thought by creating a vivid image.
AURORA
Arising
Light of promise
In cool, chilly
Morning
Cascading
A new day
Towards horizon
© JOEL APARECIO BERNASOR
PHOTO ALBUM
Indelible
cache of footprints
in the sand.
Click
its pages
Journey
back in time.
© MYRTLE EVE TEJADA
"UNTITLED"
Valley
In hug bound,
Sets leap.
Pats
To lane show
Amusingly
Versifying vibrant chants
© SHIV RAJ PRADHAN
"UNTITLED"
Teacher
Teaches reasoning
Thoughts from insight
In class
Developing character
Of learners
With love.
© AMAR SINGH
"RELY ON LOVE"
If
Nothing
Goes right,
Rely on love.
Love
is the ballast
That balances everything.
© KALUCHARAN SAHU
"STARS" Stars Twinkle at night Without any discrimination. To convey message that we're from God. © PRASANNA BHATTA
"KITE"
Kite
Flying smoothly
Thanks
to the thread.
Its alluring catenary
Provides the crucial
Buoyancy.
© SUBHASHCHANDRA ADHAV
"WIDOW MAKER"
I'm despised
In my own land
Widows
And orphans
Wailing
Haunting
Bloody desert sand
© FLOYD GALE CABUS
"AUTUMN"
Greens, yellows
Golds and reds
Autumn
Leaves dying
Colors glowing
Testifying
Beauty in dying
© SUE JONES
"UNTITLED"
Lush wild mangroves
Pink lotus
drowning me
in lustrous state,
Limerence,
easing
into solitude
© SHEILA ANN
"UNTITLED"
Life
A cycle
Seasons change
We evolve
Fair
To grey
We come and go
© GUS PEREZ AMIO
"UNTITLED"
Past - tho'
aeon ere
his
apparition -
In thy
exactitude,
Hath a man of thine.
© ERNEST KEMEDIKUMO CLINTON
"WAR"
What is war
Rulers know
Its gain
Bargainers know
Its pain
Orphans
Widows know
© BALACHANDRAN NAIR
"THE TREE"
I
Am the tree
Whose leaves
Are falling
The memory
Before oblivion
Of wind.
© BOGDANA GAGEANU
Romania
"TODAY'S REALITY"
Waved,
A torn flag
Amongst the debris.
Rained shells
Peace seems never.
Humanity,
Loses.
© PINA S. IMCHEN
"AFTERGLOW"
Pencil,
Restless between fingers,
Etching sunset.
Lovers steal
the Afterglow
Kissing the world,
"Adieu!"
© MARIA EVELYN QUILLA SOLETA
"MOVING FORCE"
Nature's phenomena
fauna and flora
grandiose
Moving force
the whole universe
Verdant
Something magical
© GLORIA MAGALLANES-LOEB
"UNTITLED"
Poverty
of empathy
Richness in warring
un-abating
Screams
in skies
Redness in oceans
un-relenting
© SHWETA SAHAI
"UNTITLED" Love Darting out Of an artless heart Ascending Above the heavenly vault Reclined Peacefully © SAFDAR BHATTI
Wonderful poems — captivating!