My Poetic Latticework

Ravenfly: Coronavirus

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Coronavirus rears its head
and gobbles down our spirit,
replacing joy with tons of dread,
because we cannot hear it.

Trapped at home with nothing to do
but wait for Apocalypse,
or so it seems with Satan's brew
producing paranoid trips.

The danger is real, but we will prevail
if we can stay on course against the gale.

Notes on the Ravenfly form of poetry ▶︎

Form: Ravenfly
A poetry form created by Amanda J. Norton.

Number of Lines: 10 (a decastich)

Rules:
This is a rhyming poem and it has three stanzas: 2 quatrains and a couplet.
The line length is based on syllabic count as opposed to meter, but it could very easily lend itself to tetrameter for the quatrains and pentameter for the couplet.

Syllabic count: 8-7-8-7, 8-7-8-7, 10-10

Meter:
Optional

Rhyme Scheme:
abab cdcd ee

Choices for the poets to make this week: Your poem can be about any topic.

Example:
Starry Night

The midnight sky was clear last night,
Full moon illumined the ground;
The heavens were a wondrous sight—
Sparkling stars shone all around.

I stood there gazing at the sky,
Entranced by their steadfastness;
A shooting star sailed quickly by,
But changed not heaven’s vastness.

Star-studded heavens like forever are—
My life as brief as that small shooting star.

Copyright © 2018 Abigail Gronway

Let the creativity flow from your soul!
Dave
"The Poet's Place "