Think (Lento)

by Sylvia   Aug 13, 2009


Suppose feelings were more than emotions,
goes without saying, they would emerge in all forms.
Compose thoughts, your random notions,
disclose their shapes and colors, not the norms.

Revise your way of thinking, trust it to run free.
Reprise imagination and allow it to wander.
Devise a way to rid yourself of life's debris,
surprise the world, leave skeptics to ponder.

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Lento, consists of two quatrains with a fixed rhyme scheme of abcb, defe. The second and fourth lines of each stanza must rhyme. To take it a step further, try rhyming the first and third lines as well as the second and fourth lines of each stanza in this rhyming pattern: abab, cdcd. The FIRST words of each verse should rhyme....this is the hard part! There is no fixed syllable structure to the Lento, but keeping a good, flowing rhythm is recommended.

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  • 15 years ago

    by Meena Krish

    Really loved the ending, its like a punch! You
    did this form so well whereas I was finding it
    hard to write it! An excellent write, good flow
    :)

  • 15 years ago

    by Courageous Dreamer

    Very well done. This is a very interesting form, looks difficult but you pulled it off nicely. Loved the message! Well done

  • 15 years ago

    by TJ Arizona Eagle

    Really great job on the form. You make them all seems very easy when I struggle to make sense .
    Master of forms and nice poetry :=)

  • 15 years ago

    by Ingrid

    Nice, very nice Silvia!

    Ideed we should all clean our attic every now and then and get rid of the dust, so to say, ha ha.

    Nothing is more of a turn off than someone who has stopped evolving and growing spiritually:)

    Well doneeee:)

    *hugs*

    5/5 Ingrid

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