Writing For G.O.T

Masks (Dark Poetry # 41) B&W

85 words 13 lines
Rondel Form

The cynic lounging within me
wears a mask as if on the prowl
not just at midnight like an owl
but daytime, too, that busy bee.

what good is beauty if not free
a charming face she has, yet foul,
the cynic lounging within me
wears a mask as if on the prowl

though she’s not alone, I decree,
all folks hide a fury or scowl
or through hints of fancy, they howl
when their dark longings urge to see
the cynic lounging within me

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Prompt: “We all hide behind a mask”

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Rondel Form

13 lines
2 quatrains and a quintet. They could be written altogether as a 13 line stanza.
Rhyme Scheme; ABba abAB abbaA -- (A B capital letters are refrains)
Meter is open but usually eight syllables to a line.