Writing in Snow

Talking to Myself

I have decided to use the royal we,
In my conversations with myself,
In dialogue between my muse and me,
This puts my ego’s fears on the shelf,
In the a dark corner where I cannot see,
The reasons I should sabotage myself,
This enhances my creativity,
And helps my soul see its reality.

Line count: 8
Form: Ottava Rima – eight iambic lines (normally iambic pentameter lines). Each stanza has three alternating rhyme & one double rhyme, with the following rhyme pattern a-b-a-b-a-b-c-c. Written in eight line octaves consisting of 10 or 11 syllables per line & in the following pattern: one octive poem: abababcc, two octive poem: abababcc, dededeff, three octive poem: abababcc, dededeff, ghghghii, etc.