Bursting with Spirit

New Prompt: You are trying to get your Christmas shopping done, and then the lights fall out. Write a poem, using "The Pantoum" as your form to write down your experiences. Note: no frustrations!

The Pantoum.

The pantoum is a Malayan form of poetry consisting of any number of quatrains.

The tricky part of this form is that lines 2 and 4 of each stanza become lines 1 and 3 of the next stanza. The carry-over lines are called repetons. The last stanza has a twist: lines 1 and 3 of the first stanza become lines 2 and 4 of the last, only reversed (3 becomes 2 and 1 becomes 4).

The most used Pantoum form is a set of three rhyming couplets, a couplet is containing two quatrains… Also known are Pantoums with five rhyming couplets – a total of ten quatrains.

In fact there is no official length for a pantoum, but….you have to follow the rhyme scheme.

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For once in my life, all goes well...
The old pickup truck’s running great
I’m happily singing ‘Noel’.
There’s gifts to be bought—I can’t wait!

The old pickup truck’s running great!
I’m bursting with spirit this day;
There’s gifts to be bought—I can’t wait!
And nothing can get in my way!

I’m bursting with spirit this day!
My energy’s blowing in drifts!
And nothing can get in my way
As I head to the cashier with gifts.

My energy’s blowing in drifts!
I’m soon to be finished— no doubt,
As I head to the cashier with gifts;
Standing in line, lights go out.

I’m soon to be finished— no doubt.
This storyline hits me with force...
Standing in line, lights go out.
My spirit is singing, of course!

This storyline hits me with force!
My moment of darkness has passed.
My spirit is singing, of course!
While visions of concepts are cast.

My moment of darkness has passed;
I’m happily singing ‘Noel”.
While visions of concepts are cast...
For once in my life, all goes well!

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