Le Voyage Magnifique

My Uncle Henry

My uncle Henry's appetite for life
made him want to sample its cuisine
through periods of happiness and strife.
He decided to become a Marine.

Wanting to sample life's cuisine,
he disregarded latent powder keg
and decided to become a Marine,
came back from Iraq with only one leg.

After disregarding latent powder keg,
he always kept a smile across his face,
even though he had only one leg,
conducted himself with amazing grace.

He always had a smile across his face,
despite the handicap of injuries,
conducted himself with amazing grace
and disclosed a few courage recipes.

Despite the handicap of injuries,
he demonstrated convalescent flair
and disclosed a few courage recipes,
learned to play basketball in a wheelchair.

He demonstrated convalescent flair
through periods of happiness and strife,
learned to pley basketball in a wheelchair--
my uncle Henry's appetite for life.

Notes on the Pantoum form of poetry ▶︎

The Pantoum is a form with an intriguing pattern of rhyme and repetition, as described and demonstrated in the following links:

https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/691-pantoum/

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/pantoum.html