Across the page my pen does fly
If, not, why
A pathway straight to and from my . . .
He, she, I
. . . Brain
I tell my story, tell again
First, next, then
Revise and edit with my pen
House, place, den
Me
Scheherazade
Storyteller
Written by Stella Hallberg, my granddaughter, who will soon be 11. She and I trade poetry prompts each month. She decided we would start the year with the same word, scheherazade. This is her poem….as she wrote it. No edits by me. It fits beautifully with Bjorn’s prompt for today at dVerse. He asks us to recognize the importance of silence in poetry. Silence can be illustrated with various punctuation, including the ellipsis . . . which Stella uses in her poem. Stella explained to me “The syllable pattern is something I might have made up. I did 8, 3, 8, 3, 1 twice, but at the end I added 5, 4. Do you like it?” Yes, Stella, I do! 🙂
lillian the home poet 
Oh Lillian. Thank you for sharing this with us! Stella is truly a star in the dark night. What an incredible poem. You go Stella! Write on!
LikeLike
Esutiful piece 🙂
LikeLike
Whoa! Great job, Stella! Thanks for sharing, Lillian!
LikeLike
Well done Stella! A poet already in the making!
Anna :o]
LikeLike
Stella – your name fits you well – a star you are! Well done!
LikeLike
Talent runs in your family! You are both wonderful poets!
LikeLike
Fantabulous story telling for a young writer! 😎😎😎🥀🥀🥀
LikeLike
What a wonderful poem!
LikeLike
I love that you two do this! The patterns in this poem and the use of punctuation to signal the reader are brilliantly done!
LikeLike
Keep writing, Stella! Awesome job.
LikeLike
Nice pattern and nice sound.
LikeLike
Your granddaughter is gifted for sure! I was confused by the prompt. She did it naturally! Beautiful!
LikeLike
How wonderful that you share words with your granddaughter! How archaic these days!!
She did a great job of writing how she wanted it read.
Dwight
LikeLike
Stella did a fantastic job, keep that pen ready…
LikeLike
This is lovely. Say hi to Stella!
LikeLike
Love it, Stella you are already a poet. The use of ellipses just worked so well…
LikeLike
sensational pace Stella – like the sound of a feather duster, brushing up on words. Wonderful!
LikeLike