I photgraphed this bush because it had character, almost a personality. I stood alone from the other bushes and seemed to making a pose. at any rate I thought so. Runaway imagination, I guess. I chose this format because it mimicks the tree pretty well.

This poem is a Lanterne.
A Lanterne is a member of the Cinquain family, sharing the characteristic ascending syllable count, until it drops back to the original count. But rather than a 2,4,6,8,2 structure, it shares the Didactic Cinquain's 1,2,3,4,1 structure. But unlike that form, which keys off of word count, this one keys off syllable count.

This picture was taken by the author himself in October, 2014.

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