Night fades away as the sun rides in
kites adorn the early morn sky
flight of birds would soon ensue
bright butterflies flutter by
benign blossoms smile wide
sign of shadows blow away
pine trees sway with cool zephyr
bovine excited run astray
Poetry Form – Lento (Source – ShadowPoetry)
A poetic form created by Lencio Dominic Rodrigues, the Lento is named after it’s creator, taken from his first name Lencio and rhymed to Cento, an existing form of poetry.
A Lento consists of two quatrains with a fixed rhyme scheme of abcb, defe as the second and forth lines of each stanza must rhyme. To take it a step further, but not required, try rhyming the first and third lines as well as the second and forth lines of each stanza in this rhyming pattern: abab, cdcd. The fun part of this poem is thrown in here as all the FIRST words of each verse should rhyme. There is no fixed syllable structure to the Lento, but keeping a good, flowing rhythm is recommended.
For an added challenge, one may write a four-verse Lento and call it a Double Lento, or a six-versed Lento to become a Triple Lento.
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Don’t Miss out on previous poetry types
Day 1 – A for Acrostic
Day 2 – B for Blitz
Day 3 – C for CinqTroisDecaLaRhyme
Day 4 – D For Diamente
Day 5 – E for Essence
Day 6 – F for Florette
Day 7 – G for Ghazal
Day 8 – H for Haiku
Day 9 – I for Inverted Refrain
Day 10 – J for Joseph Star
Day 11 – K for Kyrielle
Day 12 – L for Lanturne
Day 13 – M for Minute Poetry
Day 14 – N for Nove Otto
Day 15 – O for Octelle
Day 16 – P for Palindrome
Day 17 – Q for Quatrain
Day 18 – R for Rictameter
Day 19 – S for Shape Poetry
Day 20 – T for Trifall
Day 21 – U for U, yes U
Day 22 – V for Villanelle
Day 23 – W for Wrapped Refrain
Day 24 – X for X
Day 25 – Y for Yuefu
Day 26 – Z for ZaniLa Rhyme
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This is so serene and beautiful. Another great poem from you my lovely. Thank you so much for linking to Prose for Thought x