Lush layers with sweet scent in a dark pastel pink. It takes my breath away.

I had to work hard to write a poem that doesn't rhyme.
This poem is a Cameo.
The cameo is a fixed form style of poetry with seven lines varying in syllabic length. It is one of the most simple ways of writing a poem and is frequently assigned in classrooms. It varies only in syllable count. The form is a heptastich (epta Greek; seven) or seven line verse and is unrhymed. The Cameo Poem is written in a strictly counted syllables per line; no rhymes are used.


line 1 = 2 syllables;
line 2 = 5;
line 3 = 8;
line 4 = 3;
line 5 = 8;
line 6 = 7;
line 7 = 2 syllables

This picture was taken by the author himself at the Como Park Conservatory in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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