General Poetry posted January 24, 2020


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Fantasy form for Potlatch Poetry

Dress Up

by damommy

My mother’s clothes
     I wore when small.
         Played dress-up in high heels and hat,
              picked up the cat 
         who snagged my hose
     and made me bawl.
He slapped my nose.
 
So very grand
     in jewels draped
          and looking like a movie queen
         I primp and preen.
     Lips made pout-shaped
I did by hand.
 
My secret’s out
and talked about,
seeing how I was a tomboy,
played Dale and Roy.
Black/white TV
I watched to see
like them to be.



Recognized


Lined up as well as I could get it.

Fantasy Poem
The first two stanzas have an indented format and the final stanza does not indent at all (see below).
three stanzas:
Stanza #1
Line #1 = 4 syllables
Line #2 = 4 syllables (indent about 5 or 6 spaces)
Line #3 = 8 syllables ( line 3 indents 2 about are indented under line 2 about 5-6 spaces)
Line #4 = 4 syllables (same indention from line 3--5-6 spaces)
Line #5 = 4 syllables (line 5 lines up with line 3)
Line #6 = 4 syllables (line 6 lines up with line 2)
Line #7 = 4 syllables (line 7 lines up with line 1)
Stanza #2
Line #1 = 4 syllables
Line #2 = 4 syllables (line 2 indents 5 -6 spaces)
Line #3 = 8 syllables (line 3 indents 5-6 spaces from where line 2 starts)
Line #4 = 4 syllables (lines up with line 3)
Line #5 = 4 syllables (lines up with line 2)
Line #6 = 4 syllables (lines up with line 1)
Stanza #3 (No lines indent in whole stanza)

Club entry for the "Fantasy challenge--Week of 1-24-2020" event in "Put Pen To Paper Potlatch Poetry Club".  Locate a writing club.
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