Exceptional For Carlos' girl... La Alegria de la Danza by karenina

~~*~~ Her red mantilla whirled around as castanets click-clicked in time... she stomped each note into the ground; the air was thick with Spanish sound. The senorita was sublime! ~~*~~ The audience took up the beat, as little children smiled with glee. They mimicked with their little feet-- "Vaya con Dios" and repeat! En Espanol a reverie! ~~*~~ Recognized Author Notes This is a Spanish poetry form, the Quintilla, which Carlos' girl mentioned in a recent posting. It intrigued me and so I thought I'd look it up and give it a try. The format: "The quintilla is a Spanish poetic form that uses five-line stanzas. Here are the guidelines: Five-line stanzas. Eight syllables per line. An ab rhyme scheme in which at least two lines use the "a" rhyme and at least two lines use the "b" rhyme... But the stanza cannot end with a rhyming couplet. (Vaya con Dios means Go with God.)

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