Pleiades a-plenty!

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It isn't very often that someone invents a new form of poetry, but apparently, that is what Craig Tigerman, Lead Editor of Sol Magazine did in 1999. He called his new form a Pleiades, and it consists of a single-word title followed by a seven line stanza, the first word of which should each begin with the same letter as the title. It's quick and dirty poetry, and I wrote a few of them myself.

The three poems are loosely linked in theme (in my mind, at least), and the last two take their title from a word in the previous poem. So...here they are!



Pragmatism

Presently occupied by
Perfectly organized
Plans of solitude that miss the
Point of risking one’s
Pleasure on
Persons un-
Predictable



Solitude

Silently
Sinking ever so
Slowly into my
Self. A bucket of
Sand to balance the
Scales of
Silence.


Balance

Bobbing to the surface, sinking down
Below;
Buoyant like a
Bubble; dense as a
Boulder; torn between the
Back and forth of
Balance