General Poetry posted June 12, 2023


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A Constanza

Tranquility

by JLR


I listen to the burbling creek.
This is my anchor, holding fast,
my tether for this peace to last.

I come to seek rest every week.
At this place in the oak grove stand.
As music floats from nature's band.

As I repose my knees grow weak.
Unwilling to depart this ground,
where thoughts flow freely, heaven-bound.

Such sacred bliss I often seek.
To stave off every lonely thought --
Those persistent could, would, and aughts.

Sitting thus, by nature's boutique
embracing the present moment --
This brief order of bestowment.
 
 

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June
2023


A Potlatch writing club entry

A Constanza: The first lines convey a theme written in monorhyme, while the second and third lines of each stanza rhyme together.

Rhyme scheme: abb acc add aee aff etc.
Isosyllabic: 8 syllables

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Club entry for the "~ Constanza ~ week of 6-10-2023" event in "Put Pen To Paper Potlatch Poetry Club".  Locate a writing club.
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