Today, the last of me fell to the ground. It was inevitable. I had been standing for many months in a decrepit condition, my make-up gone, my back scraped to reveal hollow bones but I never accepted defeat. I arched
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As the gray curtains parted on the gloomy stage Tears dropped down from an unseen cage. The melancholic patter stopped the birds happy flight, But the verdant greens stood upright. I rushed out to get the first smell of petrichor,
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Poetry Prompt 6- Waltmarie. A poem of this style is- -of 10 lines -even lines are of two syllables -odd lines can be longer with no specific syllable count. They end with an em dash (-) -even lines can read
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Poetry prompt 5 is of the style Strambotto. Here are the basic rules for strambotto: Octave (8-line) poems or stanzas Hendecasyllabic (or 11-syllable) lines Rhyme scheme: abababab She sighs behind dark veils of a sparkling gown, Knowing the fair maiden, coming next, is
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Poetry Prompt 4 for Tale-A-Thlon 2025- Ottava Rima ~Written by Giovanni Boccaccio ~”Ottava Rima” literally translates to “eighth rhyme” in Italian ~Follows a strict ABABABCC rhyme scheme ~The final couplet provides a summarizing, emphatic, or witty conclusion to the stanza’s
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Poetry Prompt 3 for Tale-A-Thlon 2025 is a Than Bauk style. It is – ~A Burmese form ~A clever or witty poem ~Three lines, but not necessarily ~Four syllables per line ~The final syllable of the first line rhymes with
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Poetry Prompt 2 for Tale-A-Thlon 2025 – The Nashers Named after Ogden Nash, the Nashers are rhyming couplets, mostly comical. This poem has 2 rhyming couplets (4 lines). Little Tina so obsessed with her dog, Brown Made it sleep on
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Prompt 1- This poem is of the style Lai for Tale-A-Thlon 2025 The Lai is a French form. It’s a nine-line poem or stanza that uses an “a” and “b” rhyme following this pattern: aabaabaab. The lines with an “a”
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“Sia, don’t go off too far,” the mother tusker, Meghali, trumpeted out to her four-month-old daughter. Meghali was leading the herd into Tiruchi, a village hamlet established in the Tosi forest area by the fishing folk, who were preparing their
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Seguidilla It’s a seven-line stanza with a specific rhyme scheme and rhythm, often used in Spanish folk songs. Guidelines: 7-line poem Syllable count: 7-5-7-5-5-7-5 per line One assonance rhyme between lines 2 and 4; another one between lines 5 and
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