Snow's Writing for 2019, 2020, & Beyond

Poet's Nightmare

Why can't I focus on the theme,
What prevents the lines from forming?
This writer's block is a bad dream,
With unwritten stanzas swarming.

Poet's Note: ▶︎

Line Count: 4
Form: Pantun

The elements of the Pantun are:
         1. most often a single quatrain, a tetrastich.
         2. syllabic, all lines are of the same length, lines are written in 8 to 12 syllables each.
         3. rhymed, rhyme scheme abab.
         4. written in two complete couplets. The first, the shadow is to set the structure but its focus may be quite different from the second couplet, the meaning, in which the message is set.

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Deadline: October 14.