Vignette

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POETS & FRIENDS
LOCATED IN SPRINGFIELD MO
VIGNETTE in six syllable lines. (Trimeter)
A vignette is merely a moment in time recapped in poetic form. In
this case, the description comes through as short story prose.
The counting of syllables per line gives this moment a balance of
meter. Vignettes can be written in any rhyme scheme, traditional
form or in free verse.


GRANDMA'S FLOWER GARDEN
Smearing paint with her thumb
Grandma smudged her latest -
fantastic colored swirls
I think it's a flower
Maybe the whole garden
but I'm afraid to ask
so I smile big and say
that her use of colors
is.. .simply amazing -
because it is. Truly.
My Grandma tips her head
contemplating her work
and I wonder if she
sees the garden I do
or maybe something else
altogether. She laughs
and I ask, "What's funny?"
She says, "Ha! I never
realized it before."
I tip my head sideways
Squinting, but I can't guess
what she's talking about,
She says, "If you don't squint
the colors still blind you."