Prompted by Poet's Place Cafe

Stalker Form of the Week The Lakelet

Stalker

A silent virus stalks us all!
It's time to listen, learn and act.
Pandemic threat no borders hold
is calling for some actions bold
or death knell for the sick and old.
Discern hype from fact.

A hungry virus stalks us all!
There's love, concern and noble deeds,
but selfish hoarding strips store shelves,
some thoughtless youths indulge themselves
and criminals attack like wolves
while we hunker in the reeds.

A deadly virus stalks us all!
For now the ending is unknown.
we'll work and play and pray at home
sequester life within the dome
and maybe even write a poem
to keep a hopeful tone.
                   ~~Judi Van Gorder

Notes: ▼

18 lines

The Lakelet   is an invented form Daniel Lake at All Poetry.com and named by Lawrence Eberhardt is an exercise in metrics and rhyme.
The elements of the Lakelet are:
         1. stanzaic, written in 3 or more sixains.
         2. metric, L1 thru L5 iambic tetrameter, L6 iambic trimeter
         3. rhyme, scheme xabbba xcdddc xefffe etc. x being unrhymed. or abcccb adeeed afgggf etc. The original description of the rhyme is abcccb with no further direction. "a" implies a rhyme but there is no match and in the original poem L1 or each stanza is unrhymed. I think linking the stanzas with the "a" rhyme or even a rentrement, repeating L1 of S1 as L1 of subsequent stanzas could be an enhancement.

Inspired by "Form of the week: Lakelet"  
Second Place March 2020 Round 54

FORUM

Poetic Traditions Poetry Contest   (E) A Contest for Metrical Rhyming Poetry. #2055137 by Brenpoet