When in the Woods

A Monchielle

When in the Woods

Settling into stillness,
spine straight, shoulders relaxed,
lines from a Robert Frost
poem glide through my thoughts,
images never lost.

Settling into stillness
I open to the sounds
of a grey squirrel up high,
gathering for winter
and never asking why.

Settling into stillness
the minutes drop away.
Pain and joy become one,
one moment, one life time,
one with the setting sun.
         ~~Judi Van Gorder

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15 lines
A Monchielle  
Entered Round 33 June 2018

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The elements of the Monchielle Stanza are:
         1. stanzaic, written in any number of cinquains. (The original suggests 4 cinquains but the stanza frame will work equally as well with 2 or more stanzas.)
         2. syllabic, 6 syllable lines or if you prefer iambic trimeter
         3. rhymed, rhyme scheme From Axbxb Axcxc Axdxd Axexe etc. x being unrhymed or Abcbc Adede Afgfg etc.
         4. written with a rentrement or refrain, L1 is repeated as L1 in each subsequent stanza.