Day 2 ~ Pensee Food Poem for #NationalPoetryMonth and "30 poems in 30 days"

I really love this poetry form. If you have been participating for a while you will probably recognize it but today, let’s switch it up a bit and make it very specific.

You may follow the pattern in the box below to write about any subject you choose and I hope you use it often, BUT TODAY let’s only write about FOOD!!!

The “Pensee Poem” is a five-line, structured poem that does not rhyme, HOWEVER, each line has a specific number of syllables. “Pensee” is a French word that means “a reflection or thought.”

The thing to watch out for is to follow the pattern, including WHAT should be expressed on each line, using a SPECIFIC number of syllables ~      

So if you wanted to write about strawberries - you could only call them "berries" on the first line because you can only use TWO syllables.                                  

                                                                                        (I updated an old poem for my example)

Line	Pattern	Example
Line 1	Subject (2 syllables)         [FOOD]	Ice cream
Line 2	Description (4 syllables)	Cold, smooth and sweet
Line 3	Action (7 syllables)	Makes it way to my tummy
Line 4	Setting (8 syllables)	At the end of a trying day
Line 5	Final thought (6 syllables)	All is right with the world.

Ice cream

Cold, smooth and sweet

Makes its way to my tummy

At the end of a trying day

All is right with the world

      © 2019 Stephanie Abney

Mangos

So delicious

Satisfy my sweet cravings

When my resolve is getting weak

I get out the big knife

      © 2019 Stephanie Abney

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Ice cream photo: Pixabay image by Aline Ponce

Mango photo: Pixabay image by Yasser Al-Mulqi