The fall colors have been outstanding this year. Here is just one example.

This poem is a Pantoum.
A Pantoum is a poem that is made up of quatrains. In a Pantoum the second and fourth lines of the previous stanza are repeated as the first and third lines of the next stanza. In the last stanza, the first and third lines of the first stanza become the second and fourth lines, only in reverse order. That establishes a rhyme scheme as follows for a 4 stanza Pantoum:
A1,B1,A2,B2 B1,C1,B2,C2 C1,D1,C2,D2 D1,A1,D2,A2.

When writing this format, then, you need to be cognizant of the impact of two lines as you go. This lovely waterfall effect creates new meanings to the words, as it flows. You could have an E1 and E2 also and keep going indefinitely, if you want.

This picture was taken by the author on October 17, 2014 at the Minnesota Arboretum located in Chanhassen, Mn.

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