Rules of Poetry    for Healing

The ocean whispers The young bird sings in soft rain The leaves drift and fall Snowflakes flitter to the ground Life's music is poetry --K. D. Bertrand

1. Poetry does not have to rhyme. 2. Poetry should use strong images and strong      language. 3. Poetry should include feelings without              condemning them or excusing them. 4. Poetry should be honest and genuine. 5. Poetry does not have to include complete          sentences and should not be in prose. 6. Poetry can be in structured poems such as the   haiku, the tanka, the cinquain, the sonnet or          can be in free verse.

I am a tree Whose branches Reach for the stars, And whose roots are Planted in the soil Of my beginnings. I am a tree, solid and strong During the storms of life, Growing taller through my tears And blossoming in the sunshine Of life. --K. D. Bertrand

Food for thought:  "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.  Live the life you've imagined."   -- H. D. Thoreau

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