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Form:
Sestalena
Invented
by: Caroline Ann Gordon on Allpoetry
syllabic 6/8/8/6/8/6
rhyme a b
b a b a
Length
6 lines
a
Lines Iambic Trimeter
b
Lines Iambic Tetrameter
Pasted
from <http://allpoetry.com/list/541485-Sestalena>
Example Poem
Apprenticeship (Sestalena)
I found that
gasoline
is not accelerant
preferred
for burning work-site
junk. A nerd,
they let me learn
just fine,
The boom! The
bounce! I looked absurd.
The blast turned out
benign.
Construction guys
have fun
in teaching newbies
with a sting.
First wheelbarrow I
tried to bring
across a plank built
run
On my first turn, I
dumped the thing.
Applause by
everyone.
The egg noodles were
free
but changed the
texture quite a bit
of my jam sandwich-
a new hit.
My colleagues
laughed with glee.
The jokes on me just
never quit.
Yet, all were good
for me.
The AM radio
that day in nineteen
sixty-three,
announced the death
of Kennedy
so that is how I
know
when noodle sandwich
jubilee
became a subdued
show.
But thanking good
old Zeus,
I transitioned from
labor skills
to other ways to pay
my bills.
So I have no excuse
my poems don't
provide more thrills,
I'm just a bit
obtuse.
© Lawrencealot - January 10, 2013
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