Howard Osborne Poet Terza Rima

A YEAR TO FORGET

A YEAR TO FORGET

We all have times we’d like to forget, it’s true
Perhaps a moment, a day, a month or year
One must discard the old and embrace the new

I think there’s a time and a place to shed a tear
But this year just past may justify a flood
And maybe I’ll say I don’t give a damn, my dear

For some bad luck may even run in the blood
There’s those who always moan and complain
For whom the sky’s never blue but more like mud

They say there’s a kind of trick, for staying sane
You put the past away and then forget it
Release the tap so it leaks out from your brain

One is owed a future bright without that pain
And to never have a year like that again

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John Davison January 2, 2024 at 9:39 AM I share your opinion of 2023. In line 5, I think you mean "just passed" and line 8 ought to begin "There are". Consider, perhaps, inserting a line 14 along these lines "Devoid of weaponry and malice". Howard Osborne January 2, 2024 at 10:25 AM Thanks for your comments. I have followed the rules of a Terza Rima, (Chained rhyme aba bcb cdc ded dd , iambic pentameter optional, Line-length 11 syllables) so line 14 is rhymed 'd'. 'Past' is used here as an adjective not a verb, and at least in UK "there's" is a common form even in plurality. Regards