Pantoum: While Walking through the Forestland
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Becky’s Pantoum: Once upon a Warm Winter Day
Once upon a warm winter day
When gladly the birds did sing
As banks of snow melted away
While melodious carols did ring.
When gladly the birds did sing
As the radiant sun steadily climbed
While melodious carols did ring
Filling the lofty, brightened sky.
As the radiant sun steadily climbed
Chasing away the blanket of clouds
Filling the lofty, brightened sky,
And softly caressing the dampened ground.
Chasing away the blanket of clouds,
The glowing orb continued to shine
And softly caressing the dampened ground
While also reaching the hearts of mankind.
The glowing orb continued to shine
Delivering a message of hope and peace;
While also reaching the hearts of mankind
To instill a gentle tune of harmony.
Delivering a message of hope and peace
As banks of snow melted away
To instill a gentle tune of harmony
Once upon a warm winter day.
Becky’s Pantoum: On One Cool and Cloudy Day
On one cool and cloudy day
The usually vibrant sun refused to brightly shine.
As I journeyed along the way
The silver sky threatened to rain.
The usually vibrant sun refused to brightly shine
Although birds did chirp and sing.
The silver sky threatened to rain
As I walked along a quiet lane.
Although birds did chirp and sing
From lush and leafy treetops in the air
As I walked along a quiet lane
Where the grass reflected emerald flair.
From lush and leafy treetops in the air
To the green carpeted ground
Where the grass reflected emerald flair
Raindrops started to drizzle down.
To the green carpeted ground
As the birds hushed their singing
Raindrops started to drizzled down
I pivoted to return home again.
As the birds hushed their singing
While I journeyed along the way
I pivoted to return home again
On one cool and cloudy day.
Becky’s Pantoum: On a Frigid Winter Day
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On a frigid winter day
I peered into the brilliant blue sky;
Twas a rainbow in vivid lemon array
Stretching far and reaching high.
I peered into the brilliant blue sky
Feeling a sharp blustery breeze
Stretching far and reaching high
Over the pines and leafless trees.
Feeling a sharp blustery breeze
In the midst of this frozen land.
Over the pines and leafless trees
Ice crystals reflecting and refracting the sun.
In the midst of this frozen land
Twas a rainbow in vivid lemon array:
Ice crystals reflecting and refracting the sun
On a frigid winter day.
Becky’s Pantoum: Upon the Fringe of Deep Black Night
Upon the fringe of deep black night
The sky remained a vast ocean of blue;
The perfect sphered moon shone its’ light
Casting a faint and ghostly hue.
The sky remained a vast ocean of blue
While a lone ship sailed the silent sea
Casting a faint and ghostly hue
On the lapping waves so deep.
While a lone ship sailed the silent sea
Searching for its faraway home;
On the lapping waves so deep
Voyaging onward all alone.
Searching for its faraway home
Beneath the canopy of darkness stretching on;
Voyaging onward all alone
Yet somehow hoping to perceive the distant sun.
Beneath the canopy of darkness stretching on
The perfect sphered moon shone its’ light;
Yet somehow hoping to perceive the distant sun
Upon the fringe of deep black night.
Becky’s Pantoum: Somewhere Deep inside the Forest
Somewhere deep inside the forest
Like sky-scraping statues stood a cluster of trees.
While the evergreens remained firm and steadfast,
Leafy limbs swayed in the whispering breeze.
Like sky-scraping statues stood a cluster of trees
As two chattering squirrels scurried about;
Leafy limbs swayed in the whispering breeze
While they clamored and climbed the forking boughs.
As two chattering squirrels scurried about
Spying enticing acorns dangling way up high;
While they clamored and climbed the forking boughs,
The squirrels scampered toward the sunlit sky.
Spying enticing acorns dangling way up high
While the evergreens stood firm and steadfast,
The squirrels scampered toward the sunlit sky
Somewhere deep inside the forest.
Becky’s Pantoum: On a Warm Summer Day
While studying about poetry, I learned about a new form of poem known as a pantoum. Such a poem can contain a number of stanzas with each stanza making up 4 lines. The rule is to repeat the lines and in doing so link the stanzas together into a continuing story. Repetitive phrases begin in the 2nd stanza as the second and fourth lines of the first stanza become the first and third lines of the next stanza. Follow that pattern with each new stanza until the last. In the last stanza the 2nd and 4th line of the previous refrain still become the 1st and 3rd lines in the final stanza and then also the 1st and 3rd lines of the very first stanza become the 4th and 2nd lines of the last stanza respectively. The poem is linked together in one narrative, or story, with the very first phrase of the poem becoming also the conclusion.
On a warm summer day
The lemon orbed sun had dawned
Stretching its transparent rays
To softly caress the ground.
The lemon orbed sun dawned
Waking the robins and chickadees to sing;
To softly caress the ground
While a twittering chorus does ring.
Waking the robins and chickadees to sing,
The sun continues to rise;
While a twittering chorus rings
Filling the endless prairie sky.
The sun continues to rise
Stretching its transparent rays;
Filling the endless prairie sky
On a warm summer day.
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