WHEN THE STORM PASSES

A re-write of UP, UP AND AWAY!, properly formatted in the Monotetra style.

         WHEN THE STORM PASSES

Should we speak when silence is best,
perpetrate words while mind’s at rest?
Solemn, quiet --- no laughing jest!
Merely attest:  merely a test.

The words will come, we’ll have our say.
As pen flows free, work becomes play
when the storm passes, floats away…
Oh, happy day!  Oh, happy day!

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Written in the Monotetra style, developed by Michael Walker.  Each stanza contains four lines in monorhyme, every line in tetrameter (four metrical feet) for a total of eight syllables per line.  The last line of each stanza contains two metrical feet, repeated.