A Concept
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Quatern
A Quatern is a sixteen line French form composed of four quatrains. It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain. The first line of stanza one is the second line of stanza two third line of stanza three and fourth line of stanza four. A quatern has eight syllables per line. It does not have to be iambic or follow a set rhyme scheme. line 1 line 2 line 3 line 4 line 5 line 6 (line 1) line 7 line 8 line 9 line 10 line 11 (line 1) line 12 line 13 line 14 line 15 line 16 (line 1)
A concept, neither friend nor foe,
time's a linear progression,
And humans perceive its passing
as moments, hours, days, months, and years.
Time is an ethereal thought,
a concept, neither friend nor foe.
As a starting and ending point,
it provides continuity.
You can't slow down or speed up time,
it's a universal constant.
A concept, neither friend nor foe,
it exists because thought exists.
Time has no beginning nor end
you can't create nor destroyed it.
And though it can be measured, it's
a concept, neither friend nor foe.
(Quatern)
5/27/2021
Time Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Chantelle Anne Cooke
Copyright © Emile Pinet | Year Posted 2021
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