Sister

Rubliw poem for my sister Kay

To Kay,
Sister in name,
We share it both the same.
Your first, my middle, both last claim.
You say last is about to change, a shame.
Sweet familiar marriage refrain,
Couple in picture frame,
Sister proclaims
Her flame.

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Posted in Poet's Place Café Discussion Week of 1/1/2016

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The Rubliw is an intriguing form of light verse developed from the Cinquain by Richard Wilbur, and is usually a message to someone. It consists of nine monorhymed lines in progressively increasing length from iambic monometer to pentameter and then back down to monometer (syllable counts of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2), as demonstrated in the following link: http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=1962 .