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An Octogram

A chapter in the book Little Poems

A Corner Wall

by Treischel

A Corner Wall
(An Octogram)




Such beauty that you can't contain
Spills over the wall.
In spreading green on stony grain,
It gently falls,
To add a touch of charming grace
Across the front of low wall face,
In pure delight, as leafage sprawl
Spills over the wall.


A feeling that you can't explain,
When beauty calls.
Its composition mark remains
Stamped over it all.
To keep another precious find
We store forever in our mind,
Like lovely colored camisoles,
Spills over the wall.





This is just a wall along side the grocery store in Woodbury, Minnesota. Civic merchant pride is evident as there are lovely flower displays all over the area. I was out capturing some of the summer delights with my camera. Here is one, and the poem it inspired.

This poem is an Octogram.
The Octogram is a style of poetry invented by Fanstorian Sally Yocom (S.Yocom). It consists of two stanzas of eight lines each, with a very specific syllable count and rhyme scheme.
Syllable count is 84848884, repeat on second stanza.
Rhyme scheme: aBabccbB ababddbB, where B repeats same text.
No more than 16 lines.

This photograph was taken by the author himself.
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