3WW - A Pantoum
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Picture - Reflected - StopThe Queen of Tulips
Open to the suns command
unfurl your stately beauty
allowing your colors to expand
oh queen of tulips do your duty
Unfurl your stately beauty
your power reflected in light
oh queen of tulips do your duty
to be a picture perfect sight
Your power reflected in light
brings my heart to a stop
to be a picture perfect sight
you must fight not to drop
Brings my heart to a stop
to see your yellow heart
you must fight not to drop
you are a delicate work of art
To see your yellow heart
allowing your colors to expand
you are a delicate work of art
open to the suns command
The picture is mine. ;)
A Pantoum has four quatrains in a abab rhyme scheme.
The Pantoum says everything twice:
For all quatrains except the first, the first line of the current quatrain repeats the second line in the preceding quatrain; and the third line of the current quatrain repeats the fourth line of the preceding quatrain. In addition, for the final quatrain, its second line repeats the (so-far unrepeated) third line in the first quatrain; and its last line repeats the (so-far unrepeated) first line of the first quatrain.
For all quatrains except the first, the first line of the current quatrain repeats the second line in the preceding quatrain; and the third line of the current quatrain repeats the fourth line of the preceding quatrain. In addition, for the final quatrain, its second line repeats the (so-far unrepeated) third line in the first quatrain; and its last line repeats the (so-far unrepeated) first line of the first quatrain.
19 comments:
excecllent Pantoum Tam! U are teaching me about the different types of poetry I had never heard of.. Thanks! Your tulip photo is beautiful too ♥
Beautiful photo, and your poem works soooo well for it!
A most gorgeous tulip photo. And I love the pantoum. I've read them before but have never tried to write one. This reads well and surely stays with the tulip topic!
Tammy,
Doggone it you make it look so easy...this is a beautiful tribute to spring!
I'll have to try this form one of these days. It follows the sestina in Stephen Frye's book, "The Ode Less Traveled."
rel
I have my poetry-writing stsudents write pantoums every year and they love them.
You did a wonderful job on this one!
Been away for awhile so am just catching up with you.
You are AWESOME! I remember the last time you wrote one of these and it blew me away...enough to inspire me to try my own hand at it. I was not up to the challenge and never did finish it.
I'm glad to see that spring has sprung at your edge of Eden (we're still waiting). Beautiful photo; beautiful words.
tammy,
as i was reading this i could not help but think of you..."your power reflected in light, allowing your colors to expand, you must fight not to drop, you are a delicate work of art."
this was beautiful....as you are, dear friend. simply beautiful. very well written and i enjoyed the flow. nicely done.
blessings and love,
rebecca
p.s. - and that tulip is gorgeous! great picture!
Gorgeous photo and well crafted writing. Well done!
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lyrical that was!
Flower in the photo is stunning.
Oh I love this, Tammy - the photo and the poem complement each other perfectly. Awesome~xoxo
Beautiful picture and cleverly crafted words.
Excellent.
Tammy, this is a lovely pantoum and tribute to the tulip pictured. Nicely done. Have a nice day.
Hurrah!!! Again, Hurrah!
Amazing photo of natures perfection! Grand pantoum together they spell spring!
Hugs Sherrie
The directions tired me :) The tulip is perfect and the poem beautiful
Stunning. This is a favorite poetry form for me. Love the photo and the poem.
Awesome
The last para was the best
keep it rollin;)
how incredibly beautiful :) talented you, xo
So lovely - the poem and the photo! Merci bien! xoxox
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