Note the tien is a variation of a monostich verse derived from the first line of Chidiock Tichborne's famous elegy written in ten syllabic line format,an enigmatic verse, pervaded with pathos, without a title.
example of a tien
The past , my now, with me each day will stay.
example of monostich verse
come closer, was Seurat making a point
INDIAN SUMMER
Fall stands still and hesitates
IN THE SHADE
time evaporates, I siesta
SHORT MEASURE
eye poems displaying a shapely form
SHORT MEASURE
Eye poems displaying
a shapely form
PROVERB
A parable in ancient
form
INDIAN SUMMER
Fall stands still and hesitates
BETROTHMENT
prithee tarry,
lack-a day anon we marry
ECHOS OF YESTERDAY
in silence, the
shire plods the path
RAIN ALL DAY
The bay tree
curtseys low
SUMMER MORNING
The hearse stops, he
takes our leave
UN NOTICED
The clinging ivy
,climbs the wall
OUT OF THE NEST
The fledgling hopes
mother finds a worm
THE COOPER BEECH,
STIRS
A flash of black
& white, and a litter of feathers
RETIREMENT
I doze in the sun’s
warmth
FOOTFALL IN THE MALL
busy-bees ..off line
FROZEN SOIL
seeds of
summer,hibernate and wait
DAYBREAK
The nigrescent sky,
becomes distinct in my mind’s eye
AUGUST DOG-DAY
The heatwave
deposits raindrops in my lap
NOTE:see more of my monostich verse in my kindle ebook MONOSTICH POETRY and check out my variation of monstich BROKEN MONOKU (single haiku broken into two at the caesura)
