J - Joseph's Star

Last year I wrote several Joseph's Star poems for J Day in the A to Z Challenge.  At the time I didn't realize the poetry site where I read the form instructions had a typo.  So, last year my poems were in syllables of 1/3/5/7/7/5/1, which is incorrect.  They should have been 1/3/5/7/7/5/3/1, which makes more sense, but I thought perhaps that form had already been given a different name. The correct form does make more of a star shape!

Here's the information on the Joseph's Star. It was created in 2007 by Christina R. Jussaume in memory of her father, Joseph.  

•  8 lines

• 1/3/5/7/7/5/3/1

• Unrhymed

• Any subject, and no limit to the number of stanzas, but each should be a complete statement.

• Center aligned 

spring

gentle rains

moisten sun warmed beds

where seeds awake from slumber

poke their heads above the soil

reaching for the light

of April

spring

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spring

poetry

of crocus yellow

and of lilac hyacinth

daffodils with ruffled heads

turned toward the sun

life renewed

spring

 

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