The Mirrored River

The Mirrored River

A river flowing peacefully;
vibrant, splendid tranquility.
Past fields and villages so quaint.
Canopies boast endless leaves,
mighty boulders; the water heaves.
Lovely scenes just waiting for paint.
When at last its long journey ends,
and to the ocean it now sends,
liquid blending together faint.

Like a river, so flows my life;
daughter, sister, mother and wife.
Distant memories growing faint
of laughter, tears, circumstances,
honeymoon, romantic dances.
Murals of my days wait for paint.
My journey down this river long
has been like a favorite song;
wonderful, simple and so quaint.

Editor's Pick in the July 1, 2009 Poetry Newsletter.

For : Pond Poetry.
Form: Nove Otto
Explanation of form: aacbbcddc

The Nove Otto was created by Scott J. Alcorn and is relatively new to the world of poetry forms, having been created in 2006. It has a basic construction of 9 lines, with 8 syllables per line. The rhyme pattern for the poem is as follows :

For more than one stanza, or to create a ‘chained’ Nove Otto, your stanzas would be structured as follows:

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etc...

For more information with an example, please see:
http://www.worldofpoets.org/mformnoveotto.html