General Poetry posted January 7, 2024


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dandizette potlach poem

One Time Guilty Pleasure

by dragonpoet

When I was young I watched the soaps
They were so climactic
Displaying so many lifetime hopes
Portrayed with hardy dramatics
Three hours daily I watched
Sometimes scenes made me asthmatic

Some got fevers with skin blotched
Had battles phlegmatic
Their marriages they botched
Some ex-spouse their attorney
Then made deals over Scotch
In hopes of belaying the fees

They were so climactic
Three hours daily I watched
Had battles phlegmatic
Then made deals over Scotch
Once started you'd tune in for years
When cancelled you would be in tears



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the dandizette form was created by "discoveria" of Allpoetry.com
it has 3 sestets and is partially inspired by the villanelle and features a tricky repetition of four refrain lines in the final stanza.

**the meter is optional, but the syllable counts are as follows:
- for the first two stanzas: 8/6/8/8/6/8
- for the last stanza: 6/6/6/6/8/8

**The rhyme scheme is:
stanza 1 -- a-B1-a-b-C1-b
stanza 2 -- c-B2-c-d-C2-d
stanza 3 -- B1-C1-B2-C2-e-e

**The final stanza is composed of lines 2, 5, 8, 11 from the previous two stanzas plus a concluding rhyming couplet





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