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UP, UP AND AWAY!
We mustn't speak when silence is best.
Words shouldn't be forced when mind is at rest.
Somberly quiet --- no laughing or jest!
It's only a test. It's only a test...
Words easily come when we've something to say...
The pen flows freely, hard work becomes play.
Like a hot air balloon floats up, up and away,
I've something to say! I've something to say!
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My first attempt at the Monotetra style, developed by Michael Walker. Each stanza contains four lines in monorhyme.
Each line should be in tetrameter (four metrical feet), a total of eight syllables. My syllable count varies in each line and stanza (1st: 9,10,10,10; 2nd: 11,10,12,10)
The last line contains two metrical feet, repeated.
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