book for poetry form challenge |
Cookie Time There is only one thing that can fix me today. Can't fight or find a way against constant culinary craving. I clutch my knees up against my chest, trembling, in a tight fetal pose. I'm haunted by a harsh demand, voices command submission, I chose. Cookies, candied joy, my chocolate Eden time has come to get my fix and enjoy. It's like an addiction, one I cannot fracture. Giving in to rapture never able to follow restriction being an eager addict is my affliction. Relaxed, now giving in to the temptation once again. trembles stop, then continue my sin. Cookies, employ feelings of pleasant zen brought out by sweet chocolate coated joy. "La Courante was a dance in the baroque period. Paul Scarron wrote in this form; in France it is known as one of the first classic free verse poems. This poem is formed by two stanzas. The first stanza is model for the second stanza. In a way a kind of refrain is visible in the last three lines of the second stanza. Rhyme scheme and syllables... The syllables in the Courante line: 1 - 6 2 - 6 3 - 6 4 - 10 5 - 12 6 - 6 7 - 8 8 - 4 9 - 5 10 - 4 11 - 6 12 - 10 The rhyme can be divided in three parts. Scarron "played" with it in the second stanza, but as general you can keep this in your mind: a/b/b/a/a c/d/d/c e/d/e" |