General Poetry posted July 30, 2018


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A Trolaan Poem

The Last Straw

by damommy

Plastic straws will be passe -
Puzzling thought without a doubt.
Purchase them while you still may.
Put away, you won’t run out.
 
Left with what, we don’t know yet.
Likely something very strange.
Long for days I’ll ne’er forget,
lovely times that saw no change.
 
Emphasizing eras past,
even memories of then,
edging questions never asked,
expert of ‘remember when.’
 
Myopically, I lack perspective,
miffed by ruined olden days.
Maybe being too reflective,
minimizing modern ways.




Recognized


Dactylic Tetrameter
Ruined - two syllables.

Trolaan, created by Valerie Peterson Brown, is a poem consisting of 4 quatrains. Each quatrain begins with the same letter. The rhyme scheme is abab.

Starting with the second stanza you use the second letter of the first line of the first stanza to write the second each line beginning with that letter.

On the third stanza you will use the second letter on the first line of the second stanza and write the third each line beginning with that letter.

On the fourth stanza you will use the second letter on the first line of the third stanza and write the fourth each line beginning with that letter.

Club entry for the "POTLATCH POETRY / JULY 27, 2018" event in "Put Pen To Paper Potlatch Poetry Club".  Locate a writing club.
Pays one point and 2 member cents.


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