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A Life |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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The monotetra is a new poetic form developed by Michael Walker. Each stanza contains four lines in monorhyme. Each line is in tetrameter (four metrical feet) for a total of eight syllables. What makes the monotetra so powerful as a poetic form, is that the last line contains two metrical feet, repeated. It can have as few as one or two stanzas, or as many as desired. Sometimes I sit and wonder why I can't sprout wings and start to fly Above the clouds so very high And then I'd be willing to die There are times when I cast my lot Against the things I have been taught And tie myself into a knot Looking from within what I've wrought I've lived, I've loved, I've had the best In many ways I have been blessed Still I must get things off my chest About my life, my zeal and zest No matter how hard I did seek The world always looked dark and bleak And though I tried to look so chic I felt I was a circus freak And now you see my cover's blown These days I do live quite alone I suppose I'm in my own zone Had I but known, had I but known. ~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
I like this. You did well. The rhymes do not sound too forced. Lori  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yeah, there are certain poem where the rhyming just for the sake of rhyming falls short. Thanks, Lori. ~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
I think I'm just going to have to try that, Jerry. Ida |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
It isn't all that difficult, Ida. Thank you. ~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Enjoyed, Jerry. "If I had known" - yes, how different life would have been. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yes, Helen, had we but known our whole lives would have been changed. On the other hand some of us might make the same mistakes. I'm sure some would. Boggles the mind. Thank you for stopping by. ~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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