( Written for W3 Prompt #66: Wea’ve Written Weekly Posted on
It’s the lullaby of life,
Why not we sing it well,
Even if It makes you strive,
Sing it like a magical spell.
Why not we sing it well,
Know we have to anyway,
Sing it like a magical spell,
On a playground not a fray.
Know we have to anyway,
Sing it happily n beautifully,
On a playground not a fray,
Play the game sportingly.
Sing it happily n beautifully,
Even if It makes you strive,
Play the game sportingly,
It’s the lullaby of life.
Good evening and see you next time.
- Melissa’s prompt guidelines-
- Write a pantoum with at least four stanzas.
Pantoum?
The pantoum consists of a series of 4-line stanzas that rhyme ABAB, in which the second and fourth lines of a stanza recur as the first and third lines in the next stanza; each stanza introduces a new second rhyme as BCBC, CDCD. The first line of the series recurs as the last line of the closing stanza, and third line of the poem recurs as the second line of the closing stanza, rhyming ZAZA.
The design is simple:
- Line 1
- Line 2
- Line 3
- Line 4
- Line 5 (repeat of line 2)
- Line 6
- Line 7 (repeat of line 4)
- Line 8
Continue with as many stanzas as you wish, but the ending stanza then repeats the second and fourth lines of the previous stanza (as its first and third lines), and also repeats the third line of the first stanza, as its second line, and the first line of the first stanza as its fourth. So the first line of the poem is also the last.
Last stanza:
- Line 2 of previous stanza
- Line 3 of first stanza
- Line 4 of previous stanza
- Line 1 of first stanza
A beautiful and inspiring poem J
Sincere thanks always.
🧡🧡🧡
a cheerful take on life… expressed so well.
very much enjoyed 🤍
Sincere thanks always.
most welcome 🤍
Well done on this poem.
Sincere thanks.
“the lullaby of life”
I imagine life singing, lulling us to our final sleep.❤️🙏🏼
Well, that’s no doubt the final sleep, but what I really meant was to wake up to challenges without thinking of outsmarting anyone.
Thanks a lot and good day.
Very lovely❣️
~David
Sincere thanks.
Hi, J. M.! 👋🏻
Just wanna let you know that this week’s W3, hosted by the wonderful and funny Lesley Scoble is now live!
https://skepticskaddish.com/2023/08/09/w3-prompt-67-weave-written-weekly/
Enjoy 🙂
Much love,
David
Magical 🌟
Sincere thanks.
Very inspiring 🙌
Sincere thanks.