Titillation
by CASSIDY TORRANCE
’tis the time of the Snow Maiden, leaving
trails of virgin snow in her wake while
the quiet cantillate of white rain shrouds
the tallest of trees, come December when
titillations of the winter zephyr whisper to hearts,
tame the wildest seas and remind us again
that there are so many ways to begin.
*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.