The beast that beats in my chest, it belongs to you. But it is a gentle beast, please handle it with care.
This is what we call an elfchen poem, an eleven word, five line poem with a 1-2-3-4-1 word count for each line.
103 notes
·
View notes
Black
One day
No light escapes
All compresses to nothingness
Gone?
---
10-3-2024, M.A. Tempels © "... an elfchen"
25 notes
·
View notes
Himmelstau
Du Schönheit
Die Augen schauen
Ich verzaubert vom Sommertagstraum
Seele
4 notes
·
View notes
Thankful
The love
Woven into hearts
Brings warmth and harmony
Gratitude
19 notes
·
View notes
11. November 2023 Finkenkrug
Sonnenschein
und Nieselregen
Wir warten auf
den Regenbogen stattdessen dunkle
Wolken
2 notes
·
View notes
A silly "Elfchen" in German.
Quantenschaum
und Quantenwitz;
Darin liegt Bizarres,
das nie ein Mensch
begriff.
... roughly translates to
"Quantum foam and quantum wit; In it lies the bizarre - what no human has ever fathomed."
19 notes
·
View notes
open
petals wide,
greet the sun,
and hope to someday
ripen
32 notes
·
View notes
I title my first ever elfchen poem WEDDING. An elfchen poem does not require a title. It is a minimalist, concise expression of an idea or emotion within a structure of a simple eleven words. Please view more on my blog here: https://bit.ly/3O964pF
2 notes
·
View notes
“Now, Waiting” - an elfchen written 10/14/2022
Older
now, still
a bright-eyed child
looking for my teacher’s
approval.
10 notes
·
View notes
I love the flavour of her soul, she is seasoned to perfection.
143 notes
·
View notes
27-3-2023, M.A. Tempels © "... an elfchen written for @mylovaboxa's prompt: deliberate love."
46 notes
·
View notes
Love Won // Tagged by the incredible @elepenlove2 for a #elfchen Made a #shortstory 💐 • • #MBS #poem #poetrycommunity #poet #poetsociety #poetsofinstagram #poetry #micropoetry #writer #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #writtenword #writersofinstagram #writersofig #spilledink #spilledthoughts #instapoet #instapoetry https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnw3laZuwHi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
2 notes
·
View notes
watch
these watercolors
bleed onto paper
hues of a life
unlived
-Cora Finch
2 notes
·
View notes
3 notes
·
View notes
~~~
Relentless,
nefarious thoughts
pervade my brain
dragging me ever downwards
again.
~~~
2 notes
·
View notes
Deutsche Variante meines Elfchens
2 notes
·
View notes