A Plump Canvas Underplot (Puente)

Intertwined like ivy climbing a wall,
reversed then reunited standing tall.
Scripted with the hands of creation,

~a plump canvas underplot~

twisted the standards of production.
Bloomed flowerings encompassing the screen
viewed as though an intricate dream.

© Copyright 2009 By: Italian Stallion

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The Puente, a poem created by James Rasmusson, and is somewhat similar to the Diamante. Like the Diamante, you start with one aspect of a topic or issue and then, line by line, work toward another aspect. In the center is a line that bridges the two aspects together.

The form has three stanzas with the first and third having an equal number of lines and the middle stanza having only one line which acts as a bridge (puente) between the first and third stanza. The first and third stanzas convey a related but different element or feeling, as though they were two adjacent territories. The number of lines in the first and third stanza is the writer's choice as is the choice of whether to write it in free verse or rhyme.

The center line is delineated by a tilde (~) and has "double duty". It functions as the ending for the last line of the first stanza AND as the beginning for the first line of the third stanza. It shares ownership with these two lines and consequently bridges the first and third stanzas.

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