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Gun Corona

Gun Corona

When I watch the news
at the dawn
I soon feel the blues
dreams are gone.

Liars lie again
One more gun
People die, and then
Just no fun.

Politicians pray
There’s a gun
By the way
Just no fun.

The Corona is a twelve-line poem arranged in three quatrains invented by Viola Berg. The structure is 5-3-5-3 5-3-5-3 5-3-5-3 syllables per line with a rhyme scheme of abab cbcB dbdb, as described and demonstrated in the following links:

https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1882-syllabic-forms-found-in-pathways-for...
Corona is a verse form that has compact lines and exacting meter and rhyme developed by Viola Berg. The elements of the Corona are:
1. stanzaic, written in 3 quatrains.
2. syllabic, with 5-3-5-3 5-3-5-3 5-3-5-3 syllables per line.
3. rhymed, rhyme scheme abab cbcB dbdb.