Stars (Pleiades)

by Sylvia   Mar 3, 2010


Seven sisters shining,
stars of the sky at night.
Scintillating, guiding
somnambulistic souls.
Scintillant, celestial
sanative objects.
Splendid seductive stars.

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sanative - healing; scintillant - sparkling; scintillating - sparkling

Pleiades This titled form was invented in 1999 by Craig Tigerman, Sol Magazine's Lead Editor. Only one word is allowed in the title followed by a single seven-line stanza. The first word in each line begins with the same letter as the title. Hortensia Anderson, a popular haiku and tanka poet, added her own requirement of restricting the line length to six syllables.

Background of the Pleiades: The Pleiades is a star cluster in the constellation Taurus. It is a cluster of stars identified by the ancients, mentioned by Homer in about 750 B.C and Hesiod in about 700 B.C. Six of the stars are readily visible to the naked eye; depending on visibility conditions between nine and twelve stars can be seen. Modern astronomers note that the cluster contains over 500 stars. The ancients named these stars the seven sisters: Alcyone, Asterope, Celaeno, Electra, Maia, Merope, and Tygeta; nearby are the clearly visible parents, Atlas and Pleione.

The poetic form The Pleiades is aptly named: the seven lines can be said to represent the seven sisters, and the six syllables represent the nearly invisible nature of one sister.

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  • 14 years ago

    by anand singh

    You've taken one of Gods creation and turn it into something so beautiful in only a few words.
    The stars do mesmerize us from the begining of time.
    An enjoyable read indeed.
    Paul...

  • 14 years ago

    by Meena Krish

    "splendid, seductive stars"

    yes these stars are amazing and they do know how to seduce the heart.
    Well done with the form challenge!

  • 14 years ago

    by Courageous Dreamer

    You really pulled me in with the first line, just loved it. the rest of it was amazing, awesome job on the form.