Memento

Themed:          about a holiday or anniversary.

Stanzaic:          sestet consisting of two tercets

Syllabic:            8/6/2/8/6/2

Rhymed:           abcabc

Source quoted:

Memento, created by Emily Romano is a poem about a holiday or an anniversary, consisting of two stanzas as follows: the syllable count should be 8 beats for line one; 6 beats for line two; and two beats for line three. This is repeated twice for each stanza. The rhyme scheme is: a/b/c/a/b/c for each of the two stanzas.

Example #1:

Sky Flowers

Circumference unlimited

As flowers in the sky

Expand;

We stand in awe, inhibited,

As bright explosives fly

From land.

July wears flowers in the sky

Spreading above the town

In flight;

We stand in awe, ready to cry

Aloud as they resound

This night.

Copyright © 2007 Emily Romano

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/memento.html

My Example Attempt

This Night     (Memento)

The faces of the children glow

expecting old Saint Nick

this night,

with wonder only children know

and hoping to sleep quick

tonight.

© Lawrencealot -December 4,2013

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