Challenge
Fun with Forms #1: The Virelai (level 1)
The VIRELAI is an old French form that combines a simple rhyme scheme with strict syllable counts. It is a 9 line poem form with syllable counts of 5, 5, 2, 5, 5, 2, 5, 5, 2 -- and a simple rhyme pattern of a, a, b, a, a, b, a, a, b. - Here is a sample: https://theprose.com/post/722014/coulrophobia-fear-of-clowns
Think, think, think.
waltz tempo mind loop
how to make it work
not shirk
five syllables fine
but the lines with two
won’t do
pooh bear, I love you
why hurt me so? Oh,
bother
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