Our Aidan is a real red-blooded boy.
It's rare to spot him in any type shirt.
No matter the scolding, he's sure to deploy
without one, or attention, he'll revert.
Hey! Where's your shirt?
He's really a very active young man.
You'll find him wherever the action is.
He's off and running before others can
match the energy that's uniquely his.
Hey! Where's your shirt?
It's really great to ever be with him.
He can get along with all his brothers,
whether it's to run, or play, or swim.
Oh what a Guy! When he obeys his mothers.
Hey! Where's your shirt?
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Author Notes
This curly-headed guy is Aidan, a grandnephew. He is my brother, Richard's grandson. I show him here in both conditions - with shirt and shirtless. He does have two mothers - his biological mother (in image on left), and his grandma, Corinne, who is his legal guardian.
This poem is a Cat-a-strophe.
I called this format a Cat-a-strophe.
A Cat-a- strophe, as first reviewed in I Am Cat's lovely poem titled, "In Martha's Vineyard", (July 4th, 2016). It is a play on the word "catastrophe". Of course "Cat" because the form was created by our own Catherine Ginn. A "Strophe" is actually a poetic term that is also known as a "Volta" or turn. The format consists of any number of Quatrains, followed by a single line, which is written in iambic pentameter. It is written with a rhyme scheme of:
abab, c, dede, c, fgfg, c, hihi, c (and so on).
After each quatrain is a four syllable line which rhymes with all the other single lines (c rhyme).
I dubbed the style of this poem, a 'Cat-a-strophe', however the creator herself has not acknowledged nor endorsed the name. Any negative feedback concerning the name should be directed at me, not her. Dean Kuch dubbed this form a "Cat-o-tonic. I guess Cat will decide.
These photographs were taken by the author himself on July 10, 2015.
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