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A pantoum is a form of poetry that is composed of four-line stanzas or quatrains with an ABAB rhyme scheme and where the 2nd and 4th lines repeat, but there is more to a pantoum. What is pantoum in poetry (complete definition)?
Journey of the Tarot Card FoolA little dog begs at the heels of a Fool.
Feather clouds of evening make the journey's
way easier on the Fool's breath of grief.
The Fool follows the image of his dead father.
Feather clouds of evening mark...
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Categories:
dog, journey,
Form: Pantoum
rising to the occasionNight breaking up for the sun to fall,
Its colorwise veil disperse on her snagged back—
By morning, she lays her black cup down
For she is the will of light.
Its colorwise veil disperse on her snagged back,
Dark...
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Categories:
angst, dark, good morning,
Form: Pantoum
Beta Test ItSlap it hard beta test a ‘nu jam on me,
your voice is more than a cover song;
I swear I’ll give you honest feedback,
just promise me that you’ll have fun;
Your voice is more than a cover...
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Categories:
emotions, feelings, music,
Form: Pantoum
Shadow Self, By Its NatureSpring tones, the blues— creature sky must come down,
For Summer will chip on flowers cut under ploughs,
Power now shared by crows long before Autumn's fast,
And Winter then, snowing hard with a forest's bare; bony...
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Categories:
deep, god, introspection, loneliness,
Form: Pantoum
Robert Zimmerman American Poet
Robert Zimmerman
American Poet
Heard the tambourine man play today
as I was knockin’ on heaven’s door.
Like a rolling stone she could not stay.
Her boots of spanish leather made me sore.
I was knockin’ on heaven’s door,
old mighty Quinn...
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music,
Form: Pantoum
Lost To The Four WindsFiendish, they encapsulate strawberries;
Subliminal message makes mouths water;
Phantasms won’t let go of the fields
lost to the four winds of conflagration;
Subliminal message makes mouths water,
you can smell such a superb sweetness;
Lost to the four...
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Categories:
emotions, fire, horror,
Form: Pantoum
Wanted That First KissWanted that first kiss submerging my lips.
Snow White’s open carriage embracing life.
Underscore of green eyes, seized by the sea.
At the lap of waves, over my deck, a song.
Snow White’s open carriage embracing life.
The death of...
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Categories:
kiss,
Form: Pantoum
Copper's Hawk's Got His Eye OnWe've seen the rattlesnakes
down by the treacherous creek.
Cooper's Hawk's got his eye on
salamanders singing in sunshine
down by the treacherous creek.
Golden finches flailing about,
salamanders singing in sunshine
gathering at the culvert ...
golden finches flailing about.
Ominous gray rain...
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Categories:
bird,
Form: Pantoum
Intrusions From a Dark Unknown
They are not UFOs you know
Those strange lights up in the sky
Blinking in from another dimension
Not from figments of imagination
Those strange lights up in the sky
They might be sent to terrorize
Not from figments of imagination
Intrusions...
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Categories:
spiritual,
Form: Pantoum
Spring ShadowClouds bursting on clouds from the uncured rain,
Where stemmed wicks snuff out flower smoke,
Fissures that droop so much deeper—
The air full of seed will burn out the storm.
Where stemmed wicks snuff out flower smoke,
A girl...
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Categories:
angst, deep, humanity, introspection,
Form: Pantoum
Write"I am a writer. Therefore. I am not sane." - Edgar Allan Poe
We all go a little mad sometimes
... In the middle of the night,
Our minds raving words and rhymes
Hands compelled to...
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Categories:
crazy, inspiration, night, poetry,
Form: Pantoum
FirestarterCall it, passionate fire
some say its madness
insanity becomes enjoyable
when you consider the mischievous pantoum
Some say its madness
french kissing you turns me inside out
when you consider the mischievous pantoum
twister becomes a pleasurable game with you
French...
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Categories:
fire, passion, sensual,
Form: Pantoum
Treats And SweetsLined with a fence of modeling chocolate,
treats and sweets but never gingerbread;
My garden grows popcorn and cotton candy
eat all you like it just keeps germinating;
Treats and sweets but never gingerbread,
my cupboard is all out of...
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Categories:
candy, chocolate, emotions, feelings,
Form: Pantoum
FriskyWelcome Frisky to your new home
Where happiness you’ll bring.
You’ll tug and catch and jump and roam,
And children’s hearts will sing.
Where happiness you’ll bring,
You’ll tug a rope and catch some bees,
And children’s hearts will sing.
You’ll catch...
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Categories:
dog, pets,
Form: Pantoum
Vanish"Sunsets are loved because they vanish." - Ray Bradbury
Days like this, I could forget
If they were all to vanish,
Come to an end in a sunset
Black clouds I'd ever banish
If they were all to vanish
As...
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Categories:
anger, day, family, life,
Form: Pantoum
Specific Types of Pantoum Poems
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Definition | What is Pantoum in Poetry?