Okay, in my excitement over the launch of National Poetry Month and my poetry project, I forgot to post our stretch! *SIGH* Multi-tasking is not my forte these days.
Since my first post of the month was about Z and the zeno, and since Kate Coombs has already gotten us started, let's write a zeno! A zeno is a 10-line verse form with a repeating syllable count of 8,4,2,1,4,2,1,4,2,1. The rhyme scheme is abcdefdghd. You can read some examples Pat Lewis wrote at Poetry A-Z: Z is for Zany, Zoological, and Zeno.
I haven't been writing round-up posts of these poems in some time, so be sure to come back (or subscribe to the comments) and see the wonderful pieces folks are sharing.
I'll re-post this here. Thanks, Tricia!
ReplyDeleteMarch Wind
March wind bumbles into April,
bringing dark rain,
circles,
trapped,
gnaws on thunder,
snuffles,
wraps
his paws around
Spring, and
naps.
—Kate Coombs, 2013
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You're doing better than me--I'm not even going to try to keep up with my other regular features (15 Words or Less poems, etc.) during April!
ReplyDeleteKate--fun poem--I especially love wind as a bumbling thing!
Thanks, Laura! I love seeing what everyone's doing for NPM.
ReplyDeleteFun form, the Zeno! Fun stretch. Thanks for posting it.
ReplyDeleteLAMENT ON THE TOMATO
Vegetable disguised as fruit,
growing red in
summer's
heat,
ripening and
looking
sweet:
It turns out you
are a
cheat.
© 2013 Stephanie Parsley