Honing the Craft

Week 27 Lento

The Cold Outside

Critters seek shelter, soggy and wet,
cringing beneath brush and evergreen,
cribbing in burrows to avoid the threat.
Crystals form, a seasonal routine.

Winter currents carry icy air.
Wind winds in and out in cold distain
whipping through space and time without care.
Windows shut against wind-driven rain.
                    ~~Judi Van Gorder

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Poetic Traditions Poetry Contest   (E) A Contest for Metrical Rhyming Poetry. #2055137 by Brenpoet

Lento found at Shadow Poetry is an invented verse form that has head and tail rhyme, uses rhyme at both ends of the line. It was created by Lencio Dominic Rodrigues. The elements of the Lento are:

         1. an octastich made up of 2 quatrains. A Double Lento is 4 quatrains and a Triple Lento is 6 quatrains.
         2. meter at the discretion of the poet.
         3. rhymed. The first word of the line in each quatrain is mono-rhymed, rhyme scheme aaaa bbbb. The rhyme scheme of the end words is xcxc xdxd , x being unrhymed, although alternating rhyme could be used, cdcd efef.