Thankful Intelligence

The Random Poetry Contest Entry

In a very difficult year,
Many a friend would disappear.
Others you know would draw you near.
Stop with the fear. Stop with the fear.

Some stick by you and close the ranks,
Forget those other worthless wanks!
Remember ones protecting flanks...
For them give thanks. For them give thanks.

When this gigantic hell is done,
Then rejoice in the knowledge won.
You know who sticks and who will run.
Favorite son… Favorite son.

Line Count: 12

Form: Monotetra ▶︎

The monotetra is a poetic form developed by Michael Walker.

Here are the basic rules:
- Comprised of quatrains (four-line stanzas) in tetrameter (four metrical feet) for a total of 8 syllables per line
- Each quatrain consists of mono-rhymed lines (so each line in the first stanza has the same type of rhyme, as does each line in the second stanza, etc.)
- The final line of each stanza repeats the same four syllables
- This poem can be as short as one quatrain and as long as a poet wishes