Cantilever Poem This is a new form of poetry created by Sarah B. Royal. The concept of a cantilever in engineering or architecture- a projecting structure anchored at one end and free at the other—can be applied to poetry. It is a poem with a balancing structure, where one part extends or builds outward from a central anchor, much like a cantilever. The poem has lines or stanzas that stretch beyond the expected form or rhythm but remain "anchored" to a central theme or idea such as a poem that begins with a stable, grounded idea and expands into something more experimental or unexpected. A Cantilever poem explores the tension and balance between a stable, grounded foundation and an outward-reaching, experimental extension. For example, the "anchored" part might represent stability (such as reality, tradition, or order), while the "projecting" part explores creativity, chaos, or abstraction. This can be a visual or shape poem, where the text on the pa...
The Death of Puck In woodland and home Puck lies silent, his laughter stilled. For white bread and milk, this fairy's heart no longer thrilled. Yet in the quiet, chores undone, the mischief of his spirit a memory, Knavish he, dances in glades of yesteryear, now not to be. Once with a whisper of magic, the jester of the Fairy court’s delight, he no longer plays his pranks in the soft, silent hush of night. Now in stories told, poems writ, hearts aglow and spirits high, we bid tales of Fairy Folk a sad, yet sweet goodbye. For in each poetic line of favored past, a world we find, a treasure to sing again for fondness of, in heart and mind.
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