The Center Ring

Form: ZaniLa Rhyme

This poem, created by Laura Lamarca, consists 4 lines per stanza. The rhyme scheme for this form is abcb and a syllable count of 9/7/9/9 per stanza. Line 3 contains internal rhyme and is repeated in each odd numbered stanza. Even stanzas contain the same line but swapped. The ZaniLa Rhyme has a minimum of 3 stanzas and no maximum poem length.

Ladies and gentlemen, children too,
For you in the center ring,
A night of fun for the old and young,
A show so large we can't help but sing.

Elephants in chairs, sitting pretty,
Trunks down, from buckets drinking,
For the old and young, a night of fun,
Watching from the stands, eyes a-blinking.

Pachyderms in chairs, trumpeting loud,
Spray the crowd, the waters sting,
A night of fun for the old and young,
"Mama, look! I see clowns in the wing."

Rising up, the elephants stand tall,
Clowns come forth and what they bring,
For the old and young, a night of fun,
Memories of joy we all do cling.