Thursday, April 16, 2015

Desire

Good morning, dear reader.

My initial thought when I read about today's prompt was 'aaarrggghhh!!', and I even went so far as to tweet my hatred of the prompt. But here I confess that my reaction was unfounded, for the form we were asked to write in was actually sort of fun. Not that it was easy, but it was fun. Today we were challenged to write in the form known as the terzanelle. A hybrid of the villanelle and terza rima, terzanelles consist of five three-line stanzas and a concluding quatrain. Lines and rhymes are chained throughout the poem, so that the middle line of each triplet is repeated as the last line of the following triplet (or, for the last triplet, in the concluding quatrain). Sound complicated? It is a bit daunting, and requires real focus when writing it. I hope you enjoy what I came up with.


Rod E. Kok
April 16, 2015


Let’s make the most of this wonderful time
we have our night in which we can dance
we’ll move as one in desire’s rhyme.

before crackling fires we take a quick glance
our eyes a reflection of fantasies born
we have our night in which we can dance.

Desire awakens, passion’s reborn
with tender kisses, a gentle caress;
our eyes a reflection of fantasies born.

Our devotion is true, our love we confess.
Time moves too fast, don’t let it end;
with tender kisses, a gentle caress.

Magic is here, to us it will lend
fire and flame, together we go;
time moves too fast, don’t let it end.

The fire is out, the embers they glow
let’s make the most of this wonderful time.
Our memories are made, our love we did show
we’ll move as one in desire’s rhyme.



2 comments:

  1. WOWWW that's awesomely done :D

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  2. I can really picture the images, dancing, fire, and passion. Epically beautiful, Rod!!! As always to owned it!

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