Constanza

The Constanza, created by Connie Marcum Wong, consists of five or more 3-line stanzas.
Each line has a set meter of eight syllables.
The first lines of all the stanzas can be read successively as an independent poem,
with the rest of the poem weaved in to express a deeper meaning.
The first lines convey a theme written in monorhyme,
while the second and third lines of each stanza rhyme together.

Rhyme scheme: abb acc add aee aff...


Example Poem

 The Desert

To venture forth in desert lands
Most city folk would likely shun
but wonders grow beneath that sun.
   
To trek with cheer on arid sands
requires a sense of how  things fit,
for God has made an art of it.
   
To ramble where the cactus stands
and know that life support is found
for man if he should walk this ground
   
and pick their fruits with your own hands
gives one respect for synergy
which can't be random, seems to me.
   
This joy a cowboy understands.
The hospitality exists
most everywhere, and life persists.

(c) Lawrencealot - April 7, 2012


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