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Siren Song

We lace our boots to go outside. The forest sings its siren song and beckons us to come along; we lace our boots to go outside. The forest sings its siren song, a primal tune that resonates and eagerly anticipates; the forest sings its siren song. A primal tune that resonates, drawn by a timeless, ancient score that reaches deep within our core, a primal tune that resonates… Drawn by a timeless, ancient score we lace our boots to go outside; the world is wet and fresh and wide, drawn by a timeless, ancient score. We lace our boots and go outside. The forest sings its siren song and beckons us to come along; we lace our boots and go outside. ————- A Catena Rondo, with a rhyme pattern AbbA, where the second line in the stanza becomes the first line of the next, finally circling back such that the entire first stanza is repeated at the end.

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Date: 12/15/2022 7:25:00 PM
This is so far beyond what I can do, I am sitting here, amazed at 9:24 p.m. on a Thursday Jeff!
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Date: 12/10/2022 6:21:00 AM
The good thing about this form is that you don't need to write many lines. The difficult part is getting the sequence right. Sounds like a fun challenge.
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Jeff Kyser
Date: 12/10/2022 6:34:00 AM
and I'm not altogether sure I succeeded there, lol. I have a hard time with the pantoum and the villanelle for the same reason, but practice, practice, practice at the craft!
Date: 12/9/2022 9:38:00 PM
Interesting form and well penned I must say
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Jeff Kyser
Date: 12/10/2022 4:17:00 AM
A little like a pantoum, I guess? Thanks for the read and comments!
Date: 12/9/2022 4:35:00 PM
Beautiful, Jeff!
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Jeff Kyser
Date: 12/10/2022 4:17:00 AM
thanks so much, Kim!

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