Le Voyage Magnifique

The Debate

Inhaling crisp morning air
in rural field, where the corn
grows in rows, the prairie speaks
to me on a journey my soul seeks.

When breeze colors cheeks like rose,
Nature's spirit flows in creeks,
where three raucous crows debate
a range of critiques about our fate.

Notes on the Kloang form of poetry ▼

1. Kloang poem composed for Round 62 of the "Invalid Item" 

2.

 The elements of the Kloang are: 

         1. syllabic. L1, L2, L3 are 7 syllables each, L4 is 9 syllables. 

         2. stanzaic, written with any number of quatrains. 

         3. composed with an interweaving or cross rhyme scheme. The end word of L1 rhymes with the 5th syllables of L2 and L3. The end word of L2 rhymes with the 5th syllable of L4. L3 and L4 end rhyme. Stanzas are linked by the repetition of the end rhyme of L4 repeated as the 5th syllable of L1 of the next stanza and the rhyme pattern repeats itself. 

         4. most often a poem of nature. 

         5. tonal which is impossible in the English language.



x x x x a x b

x x x x b x a

x x x x b x c

x x x x a x x x c



x x x x c x d

x x x x d x c

x x x x d x e

x x x x c x x x e 



Arctic Love



Gnarly feet trudge on the ice,

eighty miles entice a pawn

of nature, the price to mate,

four year cycle drawn up to create.

                    ~~ Judi Van Gorder, aka Tinker