Day Four ... NaPoWriMo / Poem-a-Day 2023

Maureen Thorson’s NaPoWriMo prompt: “Today, let’s try writing triolets. A triolet is an eight-line poem. All the lines are in iambic tetramenter (for a total of eight syllables per line), and the first, fourth, and seventh lines are identical, as are the second and final lines. This means that the poem begins and ends with the same couplet. Beyond this, there is a tight rhyme scheme (helped along by the repetition of lines) — ABaAabAB.” (The capital letters are repeated lines that also rhyme as a or b.) Since it's Tuesday, we have Robert Lee Brewer’s typical two-for-Tuesday Poem-a-Day prompt: “1) Write a dream poem, and/or . . .   2) Write a reality poem.” The opening that first occurred to me was an aa couplet, so I stuck myself with all the same rhymes throughout. I cheat a bit with slant rhymes, though. Here we go, melding all three prompts today. New Normal, Old Normal Although the times are out of joint I’ll still comb my beard to a point. I dreamed a former president (a proof the times are out of joint) will be arraigned today. It ain’t a dream, you all know! I just can’t. Although the times are out of joint I’ll still comb my beard to a point. —Draft by Vince Gotera    [Do not copy or quote . . . thanks.] Today Alan is also attempting all three prompts. Here's what he told me: "It was good to have a fixed form as part of the challenge, almost like a puzzle to make language sound unforced in that tight space." Aubade upon Waking I dreamt that I was lost somewhere and woke to find you lying there in your own dream. Why should I care I dreamt that I was lost somewhere when we wake here together, share our lives, our home? Still, I’m aware I dreamt that I was lost somewhere and woke to find you lying there. —Draft by Thomas Alan Holmes    [Do not copy or quote . . . thanks.] Interestingly, we both chose to have only one rhyme throughout, though Alan did not "cheat" with slant rhyme. Great job, Alan! Barbara will appreciate this great love poem. Friends, won’t you comment, please? Love to know what you’re thinking. Thanks! Ingat, everyone.  ヅ

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