Sailing Siblings

Sibilant Siblings

Seven siblings sailing south,

stripping stories, singing songs.

Something sudden strongly struck,

something saucy, squally sourced.

"Slumpy sunken!" Sarah cried,

Stephen struggled sitting calm,

Santa stumbled, Silas strived,

sighting Cephas spitting spout.

Swaying crawler's sinking fast;

scrambling, crumbling, swinging-swipe.

Sammy slided slumped and slamped,

screaming, slurring, seeking stance.

Silent Simeon staved off and stooped,

citing something slowly,

then, storm stopped.

Author's Note

Just took a break to write this.
Sorry I've not been active.
What do you think of this?

Reviews

[sonnie ibadah]

Love the alliteration, flows amazingly. Well done, Kay

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

Thank you for the kind words.
Alliteration could be addictive sometimes.

[Chris Shaw]

A bouquet of soft sounding alliteration Kay. Something quite different from your pen, but fun to read. Your seven siblings reminded me that I was one of five, though my brother Stephen has flown.

Chris

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

Siblings can lives together forever, Chris.
Thank you for stopping by.

[Chris Shaw]

You are welcome. I have a very strong bond with my three surviving siblings. That I thank my parents for dearly :)

[Lisasview]

Another interesting read of yours.
As i read it I thought every word would start with an s but all of a sudden your poem changed.
Still enjoyed the read,
Lisa, now in Spain

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

Written sibilants has always been something interesting to me.
I decided to play with words and that led me to this.

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[Lisasview]

You are most welcome!

[Coyote Poetry]

Powerful use of words and thoughts Kay. I wanted to read and know more. You left the reader with more questions than answers. Thank you my friend for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

Thank you very much my friend.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome kay.

[Kathy Van Kurin]

'Sailing Siblings'
Salisu Titiola'
Well the title says a lot. Definitely movement in sailing.
What is fun here is your form but it is so lively.
These siblings are sure having a time of it! Great names too'
Santa stumbles, Silas strived
sighting Cephas spitting spout.
Swaying crawler's sinking fast;
Scrambling, crumbling, swinging-swipe.'
It was fun keeping up with all this fun.
Bless you.
Kathy

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

Glad you like it, Kathy.

[John the Baptist]

I don't think I've ever seen this much alliteration in a single poem. I think the storm stopped just in time.

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

Yes, it did.
Thank you so much for the review.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I think there is possibly some alliteration in this...:))))

I find it quite amusing as it rolls off the tongue of the reader...
I was disappointed when the storm stopped.
I have just one sibling...and I would like her to sail away.
j.

[Kay Salisu Titilola]

I felt like playing with words and I came up with this. The storm wouldn't have stopped if Simeon didn't cited anything.

Thanks for the wonderful review, j.