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Journal Entry Jan 8 - Discussion - Patterns

Journal Entry Jan 8

This morning I woke
all creaky and wonky.
Getting old is no joke,
but first my coffee.

It’s a good thing I can
type with my eyes closed.
I need to create a plan,
even though indisposed.

I'll make a list of things to do
and then I'll go to work.
I need something new,
something I won't shirk.

1. Exercise patterns,
          so what will they be?
2. Be creative like Roseille,
          never a slattern.
3. Find something unique,
         use a work day technique.
                    ~~Judi Van Gorder

Notes ▼

16 Lines
Nonce form
         1. written in 3 quatrains followed by a sixain
         2. random meter
         3. rhyme, rhyme scheme, abab cdcd efeg hiihjj, the first 3 stanzas alternating rhyme, the sixain is made up of a envelope quatrain followed by a rhymed couplet

For: "The Patterns of Poetry"