Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Meeting The Bar: “Repetitive Forms” (posted by Jilly)
Your challenge, my fellow poets, is to write a Form Poem that makes use of Repetitive Lines. There are many poetic forms that use repetitive lines and you are certainly not restricted to the five I have mentioned above. Please do let us know which form you are using and if it is not one of these five, share a quick explanation of how the form works and even a link, that others might learn from you!
Love came along later in life
inside the walls of a nursing home.
She had not known such joy as a wife
mismatched as she was with a man of stone.
Encouraged she began painting again,
inside the walls of a nursing home.
It was years since she had a yen.
Colored paints flowed from brush to canvas
Encouraged she began painting again.
Her new love taught her romance had not passed
though they were a source of gossip and envy.
Colored paints flowed from brush to canvas.
They floated on air; days never empty,
knowing how ill each was becoming
though still a source of gossip and envy
His health forced a move, her world was crumbling.
Love came along later in life,
though they knew how ill each was becoming.
She had never known such joy as a wife.
(a terzanelle)
Beautifully done!
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This is brilliantly done; the form and the narrative and the images…dare I say… that you paint!!! What a charming post; thank you for sharing this!
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Thanks so much for a prompt that makes you think and think.
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Brain Calisthenics! Rhyme, 2, 3, 4…breathe. Repeat. 😉
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😀
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What a sweet story. My mother found love at 82 – they move into the nursing home together.
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That’s wonderful!
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a loving companion is a beautiful thing
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Although short-lived, it brought both of them extreme joy.
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Beautiful words.
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Thanks, Astrid!
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A touching terzanelle, Sara. How beautiful that they found each other.
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Thanks, Kim. This was a true story of a friend of my mother’s.
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Beautiful and touching!
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Thanks, Linda!
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Sweetly fresh approach to a love poem – enjoyed it very much. Made me cheer! We need to constantly remind this culture of the whole rich personhood of our elders
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Yes, people do not consider that you can find love anywhere at any time. Thanks, Christine.
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Nobody is an expert at life because each phase is brand new to us, but there is the basic human spark that longs for connection and union. I love 💕 love💜 this Terzanelle, life repeats as does the form. I am happy they found each other and to hell with the constraints of expectations gossip and envy, and to heaven with two lovers living.
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Thanks so much, Lona!
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Well crafted & very poignant. A moving tribute to the enduring power of love, no matter when it finds us.
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Thanks, James!
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So bittersweet a story. The last line definitely had a sadder tone than its first appearance.
This also brings home to me the reality of aging. Oh, how one becomes like a little child again, subject to the decisions of others, once he/she is weakened by age and failing health.
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I wonder constantly about what happens when people live too long, and dignity passes them by. Thanks, Imelda.
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Wonderfully done! The way the tale comes in waves… that’s why these forms survive the test.
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Thanks, Charley!
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The experience of love coming later is so special… often frowned upon, yet it’s like any love I think…
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It probably comes as such a surprise. That makes it delightful.
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