Turn Back the Clock - The Five and Dime Invented Form
Poets and Storytellers United: Friday Writings : time affects all things
This week is a Special Birthday Prompt for Colleen's 65th birthday. She has asked us to create a syllabic form with 65 syllables, or a combination of words that amount to 65. I have chosen to create a syllabic form with the following requirements.
- 9 lines
- 10/5/10/10/5/10/5/5/5
- rhyme abaababbb (so 10 syllable lines all rhyme with each other, and the 5 syllable lines have a different rhyme with each other)
To
say that Time awaits no man is so.
Still,
he seeks to block,
and
stop the hands of Time to halt its flow.
If
within my power, I would forgo,
not
dare slow the clock.
So
grasp whatever age Time does bestow.
Looking
back, take stock,
head
held high, and walk,
to
Time’s door and knock.
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Very cool, Lisa! I love the Five and Dime name. Very clever!
ReplyDeleteYvette M Calleiro :-)
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Very clever of you to create this form — and you've used it beautifully.
ReplyDeleteFun use of the form. And I have a similar outlook on aging. While I can't say I'll be all that glad for some of the aches and pains that will settle in, I know that it's a privilege to get older--one a lot of people don't get.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a fun form, and I love the name of it.Well done!
ReplyDeleteI like the layout of your new form and the title is easy to remember. Nice poem also.
ReplyDeleteLisa, this is so good! I love the end rhymes too. Thanks so much and a great message! 💜
ReplyDeleteWonderful, Lisa. I loved how you played with time. 😊
ReplyDeleteThis seems like a super fun form to try out!
ReplyDeleteThe rhyming element totally takes me there...
Sincerely,
David
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