Mouse and Rat [Diamante]

by Khalid M Darwish   Dec 13, 2012


Mouse
Careful, cheerful
Hearing, tearing, fearing,
Home, shop, sewage, rubbish
Jumping, climbing, hanging,
Harmful, dreadful
Rat

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* A diamante (7 lines):
is a form similar to cinquain.
The text has the shape of a diamond.
Line 1: A noun or a subject - one word
Line 2: Two Adjectives that describe line 1
Line 3: Three 'ing words which describe line 1
Line 4: 4 nouns; the 1st 2 are connected with line 1
whereas the last two are connected with line 7
Line 5: Three 'ing words that describe line 7
Line 6: Two adjectives that describe line 7
Line 7: Noun Synonym for the subject

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  • 11 years ago

    by Amreen

    Simple yet the form made this elegant. I love the simplicity in your poems always. And the beauty of forms are just impeccable for penning a fab poem:)

  • 11 years ago

    by The Queen of Spades

    What an interesting poem! The style is very interesting, simple but I love descriptive poems so I really enjoyed it. The subject you picked was unconventional too, and that's always refreshing