They add color to our world in delightful displays

This poem is a Cameo Poem
The cameo is a fixed form style of poetry with seven lines varying in syllabic length. It is one of the most simple ways of writing a poem and is frequently assigned in classrooms. It varies only in syllable count. The form is a heptastich (epta Greek; seven) or seven line verse and is unrhymed.

The Cameo Poem is written in a strictly counted syllables per line; no rhymes are used.

line 1 = 2 syllables;

line 2 = 5;

line 3 = 8;

line 4 = 3;

line 5 = 8;

line 6 = 7;

line 7 = 2 syllables

This photograph was taken by the author himself.

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