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where I will store my weekly poetry challenge poems plus a few other related poems

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I Saw My Father Die

I Saw My Father Die


I saw my father die
As his spirit left his body
I thought he was still young
He died too soon
There was so much I wanted
to tell him.


1 saw my mother die
saw her spirit departing
I had so much to say
Somehow, I knew
She would watch over me
for many more years.

I saw my sister die
It was such a shock
One moment, she was alive
Then she died
Or a rare, strange disease
Died before she was 50!



POETRY FORM:

Mirror Sestat
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Prompt/Week # 40 Mirror Sestet



The Mirror Sestet, created by Shelley A. Cephas, is a poem that can be written in one or more stanzas of 6 lines each. The specific guidelines for this form are as follows:

The first word of line 1 rhymes with the last word of line 1.
The first word of line 2 is the last word of line 1
and the last word of line 2 is the 1st word of line 1.

The first word of line 3 rhymes with the last word of line 3.
The first word of line 4 is the last word of line 3
and the last word of line 4 is the 1st word of line 3.

The first word of line 5 rhymes with the last word of line 5.
The first word of line 6 is the last word of line 5
and the last word of line 6 is the 1st word of line 5.

The Mirror Sestet can also be written in non-rhyme.
All rules must be followed except there is no 1st and last word rhyming.

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