Promise (HTML example)

l
   e
      a
         v
           e
           s 
         gently 
       tremble  as 
     the  branches sway. 
    the spell they weave is
   picked  up  by  the  wind, 
   and wafted through my open 
   window. those strong trees 
   protect  me, cleaning the 
   air,  and vow to shelter 
    my children long after 
      I  am forgotten. I 
        know  they will 
           keep their 
             prom
            ise

For anyone interested in trying visual poetry such as this, I’d like to illustrate how it is done using HTML. You simply go to HTML in your editor, arrange the writing as you wish, then put <pre> at the beginning, and </pre> at the end, like this:

<pre>leaves blah blah …… blah blah promise </pre>

Don’t go back to the visual editor or you may lose the format – although I just did that and got away with it.

Happy versification 🙂

©Jane Paterson Basil