Puente Poetry: Presence

rings forming inside a woodland stream
gravestone in Frank Bruce sculpture park

(Frank Bruce 1931 – 2009)

a wooden post with the inscription 'I was privileged to be'

your words fade from
the headstone, the way you
returned to nature in this life
and after you join the stars

~ we sit with your presence ~

still lingering between
the Lesser Celandine
that point towards the light
you always followed

© Xenia Tran

close up of Lesser Celandine in the forest

This is my first attempt at writing a puente poem.

Wishing you all a peaceful Wednesday,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Settings: f/1.8 – 1/2000 s – ISO 640, f/1.8 – 1/4000 s – ISO 640 and f/1.8 – 1/4000 s – ISO 100.

Puente is a modern poetry form created by James Rasmusson. The first stanza develops one aspect of a topic where you, line by line, work towards another aspect. The centre line is delineated by a tilde (~) and functions as a bridge that forms a couplet with both the last line of the first stanza and the first line of the second stanza. You can choose any number of lines, as long as the first stanza has the same number of lines as the second stanza. You can find more information about the form here.

dVerse Poetics: Build a Bridge

Word of the Day Challenge: Enable

Placing Poems (link no longer active)

Placing Poems was an online, interactive map that shared poems about new and imagined journeys away from the stifling reality of the pandemic. We are delighted that this poem appeared on this map, alongside many other poignant poems, during the pandemic years.

Author: Tranature - quiet moments in nature

The stories, poems and photographs on Tranature are the original creative work of Xenia Tran, inspired by the natural surroundings of the Scottish Highlands.

58 thoughts on “Puente Poetry: Presence”

    1. Thank you so much for your kind words dear Laurie, you can really feel his loving presence when you sit here 💚

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words dear Cathy and a peaceful rest of the day to you too from all of us here 🤗💚🐕 xxx

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words dear Helen, I took these photographs in the place that inspired the poem 💚

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words dear Anna and for walking along with us here 💚

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words dear Bjorn, he was always happiest in nature 🌿

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words dear Martha, the inscription was Frank’s epitath (fading from the headstone) 💚

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words dear Sanaa, peace and light to you too 🤗💜💫

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words dear Lillian and for walking along with us here 💛 xxx

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words dear Hammad, I think the Puente form would really suit the themes you write and care about 🤗✍

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