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My intent here is to write a poem from the prompt I give to you , the reader, in hopes that it will inspire something and get others to write with me.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Today's Prompt is RONDEL

A rondel is a verse form originating in French lyrical poetry, later used in the verse of other languages as well, such as English and Romanian. It is a variation of the rondeau consisting of two quatrains followed by a quintet (13 lines total) or a sestet (14 lines total). The rondel was invented in the 14th century, and is arguably better suited to the French language than to English.
(Not to be confused with Roundel, a similar verse form with repeating refrain.)
The first two lines of the first stanza are refrains, repeating as the last two lines of the second stanza and the third stanza. (Alternately, only the first line is repeated at the end of the final stanza). For instance, if A and B are the refrains, a rondel will have a rhyme scheme of ABba abAB abbaA
The meter is open, but typically has eight syllables.

OURS IS...

Like that orange you are peeling
my heart lies gently in your hand
I melt away just as you planned
there's no use in my concealing

Pulling away those old feelings
I'm lost in your every command
Like that orange you are peeling
my heart lies gently in your hand

Upon the ground you are kneeling
With a question I understand
Your love I could never withstand
this feeling is real appealing

Like that orange you are peeling

Tee Hee Hee
YOUR TURN
ENJOY
JL&B

6 comments:

  1. I sit here in tranquillity
    My mind has the ability
    To find my peace amongst the strife

    Amongst words that can cut like a knife
    Ignoring the hostility
    Amid the noise and haste of life
    I sit here in tranquillity

    While greed and hatred all are rife
    Although it needs agility
    Turn away from futility
    Follow peace like the pipers fife

    Amid the noise and haste of life
    I sit here in tranquillity.

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  2. Amid the noise and haste of life
    I sit here in tranquillity
    My mind has the ability
    To find my peace amongst the strife

    Amongst words that can cut like a knife
    Ignoring the hostility
    Amid the noise and haste of life
    I sit here in tranquillity

    While greed and hatred all are rife
    Although it needs agility
    Turn away from futility
    Follow peace like the pipers fife

    Amid the noise and haste of life
    I sit here in tranquillity.

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  3. Sit quietly and watch the sun
    Sink to the earth behind the hill
    And watch the stars the dark sky fill
    For now the night time has begun.

    The birds the darkness quickly shun
    And in the tree braches do still
    Sit quietly and watch the sun
    Sink to the earth behind the hill

    The fox can prowl, the badger will
    Creep from his sett and join the fun
    The owl will swoop, the mouse will run
    While bats call out with cries so shrill

    Sit quietly and watch the sun
    Sink to the earth behind the hill

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  4. Why can't I win the lottery?
    And spend my days in idle wealth
    While doing good in quiet stealth
    Then since my body's tottery
    Invest some time in sottery
    And even more in better health.
    Why can't I win the lottery
    And spend my days in idle wealth
    Eat off expensive pottery
    Worcester, Wedgewood or Spode or Delft
    Happily I would spoil myself
    Until I'm old and dottery.
    Why can't I win the lottery?
    And spend my days in idle wealth.

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