Beneath the skies of Autumn blue
I watch the colours changing hue,
as cooling greens turn red and new
oh what a view, oh what a view.
Denying Winter's coming white
a last ditch stand in colours bright,
as children gather all in sight
the world seems right, the world seems right.
The wind it rustles through the leaves
as they turn brown on Winter's eve,
as feet skip through they sway and weave
I cannot grieve, I cannot grieve.
Perennials are now so bare
I'd swear that nature doesn't care,
life's cycle moves with such great flare
I breathe a prayer, I breathe a prayer.
Four acts there are within this play
it does continue come what may,
this lesson for mankind today
we must not stray, we must not stray.
But life leaves not without a fight
in colours bold before the white,
just look to nature, see the light
we know what's right, we know what's right.
Author notes
Monotetra
The monotetra is a new poetic form developed by Michael Walker. Each stanza contains four lines
in monorhyme. Each line is in tetrameter (four metrical feet) for a total of eight syllables. What makes
the monotetra so powerful as a poetic form, is that the last line contains two metrical feet, repeated.
It can have as few as one or two stanzas, or as many as desired.
Stanza Structure:
Line 1: 8 syllables; A1
Line 2: 8 syllables; A2
Line 3: 8 syllables; A3
Line 4: 4 syllables, repeated; A4, A4
In a list
A contest entry
- Monotetra Form by Seeking Peace.
1100 points, ended March 31, 2008, 6 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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I had to come back and read the fished poem
I like reading this format it s lyrical and just rolls so smoothly from the page the lips . Very nicely crafted a pleasure to read good luck in the contest.
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