Poetically Prompted

Sestet

New poetry form to be true,
True I don't like to write forms new.
First matching last is worst,
Worst I must match last to first.
Rhyming is all about timing,
Timing is how to manage rhyming


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Prompt/Week # 40


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Mirror Sestat
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** Your submission must be newly written for this week's prompt


Mirror Sestet

The Mirror Sestet, created by Shelley A. Cephas, is a poem that can be written in one or more stanzas of 6 lines each. The specific guidelines for this form are as follows:

The first word of line 1 rhymes with the last word of line 1.
The first word of line 2 is the last word of line 1
and the last word of line 2 is the 1st word of line 1.

The first word of line 3 rhymes with the last word of line 3.
The first word of line 4 is the last word of line 3
and the last word of line 4 is the 1st word of line 3.

The first word of line 5 rhymes with the last word of line 5.
The first word of line 6 is the last word of line 5
and the last word of line 6 is the 1st word of line 5.

The Mirror Sestet can also be written in non-rhyme.
All rules must be followed except there is no 1st and last word rhyming.