Solitude
Alone perhaps?
Mist envelopes me
Isolating me with Nature
Connection made within
Peace returns
Gratitude

I wrote this “Diamont” while sitting alone atop Spy Rock, a bare rock in southwest Virginia on the Appalachian Trail.  I was feeling lonely, not getting a connection on my cell phone as I usually had at that spot.  So, I challenged myself to rise from the doldrums and use the Diamont poem form to look deeply into the feeling.  Transformation!

Try it yourself!  In any situation!  Basically, it’s a seven line poem:

First line: One word to name the object or situation
Second line: Two words to describe it
Third line:  Three words to say what it’s doing.
Fourth line:  Four words to say how you’re feeling about it
Fifth line: Three words to begin turning the situation around
Sixth line: Two words to describe a new possibility
Seventh line: One word to name the new possibility

That’s it!  Now you try it!
And tell me about it!

In joy,

Regina