1
we can hear the universe sing
on the edge of time–
from nothing, vast light
2
earthshine–
reflections of change and reprise
spilling from our eyes
3
a map
sweeping life away–
mountain water green
4
what was not, now is–
what holds the earth’s hand
as being collides?
5
from the inside out,
like the tides,
become somewhere else
Laura at dVerse asked us to use the last lines of our recent poems to construct a new poem of at least 12 lines. I went through all my poems both here and on memadtwo from November 1 until now, only adding one word, like, with the tides. The title is from the last line of a sijo, hence its length, as opposed to my normal preference for short lines.
K. 
This has a wow factor x10!!
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Thanks Muri!
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This is wonderful, Kerfe. Each a separate poem, but all of them work together. Lovely!
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Thanks Merril. As I told Laura, this prompt made me realize that I just write the same poem, over and over. I had no trouble fitting the last lines together because of that.
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You’re welcome. I discovered I had many similar poems/last lines, too.
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This turned out great! Love the visuals as well.
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Thanks!
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I enjoyed this very much, K! You made the short lines fit together well.
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Thanks Lynn.
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A real challenge to pull off, but your poem and images flow very well!
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Thanks Ingrid, not so difficult for me as my poems are pretty similar when I examine them. So they bleed into one another.
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I love how you made the different stanzas – each one remarkable but #1 and #3 stand out for me – and would warrant an illustration maybe too?
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They could. I just looked for art that would work in my archives. But there is always more to be made. Thanks again for the prompt!
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I love each one, specially the first one. A gem of new found poems here.
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Thanks Grace.
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You deserve an award for this!! Outstanding the way you structured those last lines plus “one word.”
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Thanks Helen. They fit together well.
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Love how each stanza has its own entity but work so well together ❤
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Thanks1
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This is absolutely lovely, Kerfe! I love how each stanza melds together with the other .. but stands alone on its own majestically too. 💘💘
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Thanks Sanaa. That’s what I was aiming for.
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A lovely poem Kerfe, the lines work together cery well.
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Thanks…I was surprised by how easily they fit together. But then I do tend to write about the same things…
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Many of us do!
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If ever a poem were “found,” Kerfe, this one certainly is! Each image/line naturally coheres, elements of the universe combining to their own internal music, and the art is just icing on the cake! Loved this. ❤️
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Thanks Dora. It’s made me go back and think about rearranging my poems in other ways. A good prompt.
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The prompt works so well for your lines. Reflects the cohesiveness of your ideas across themes. Lovely.
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Thanks Aletha.
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Each separate still coming together in a whole entity
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Thanks Bjorn. That was the idea.
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All of these stand alone well, but come together beautifully!
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Thanks!
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