General Poetry posted December 3, 2021


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Constanza for Potlatch Poetry

The Forest King

by damommy


I love the tree’s nobility
residing in that rugged bark,
redoubtable, gallant, and stark.
 
The woodlands’ aristocracy,
and Nature’s world is worshipping
the forest’s answer for a king.
 
I feel its spirit speak to me,
communicating soul to soul,
a simple message to console,
 
“Come stand beneath my canopy,
a filigree of limbs and leaves,
and lean against my gnarly greaves.
 
Here, you’ll find peace, I guarantee.”
And so it is, distress subdued,
I come away refreshed, renewed.

 



Recognized

#19
December
2021


Redoubtable - having or being worthy of pride
Stark - complete
Answer - serve the purpose of . . .
Greaves - armor plate that protects legs below the knees

The Constanza, created by Connie Marcum Wong, consists of five or more 3-line stanzas. Each line has a set meter of eight syllables. The first lines of all the stanzas can be read successively as an independent poem, with the rest of the poem weaved in to express a deeper meaning. The first lines convey a theme written in monorhyme, while the second and third lines of each stanza rhyme together.

Rhyme scheme: a/b/b, a/c/c, a/d/d, a/e/e, a/f/f.........etc.


Club entry for the "~ Constanza ~ week of 12-2-2021" event in "The Potlatch Poetry Club".  Locate a writing club.
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