Monday, March 4, 2013

CHECK MATE.

 



All she did was believe,
And he.... Betrayed.

This is a Rhopalic Verse is a tool where each word of a line adds a syllable to the word before.  1-2-3-4-5 is the climbing sequence for each of these lines. Combined together, these two lines create a very short poem. Courtesy


8 comments:

  1. This is wonderful, Janaki! :-)

    ReplyDelete
  2. I've never heard of this, thank you!

    ReplyDelete
  3. ouch. when we believe, we def risk...

    what an interesting form as well...will have to give it a try....

    ReplyDelete
  4. Oouch...the twist is very good ~

    ReplyDelete
  5. I really like this...thanks for sharing your words

    ReplyDelete
  6. Really good poem. I like the use of the Mag prompt with it. There is so much that is scary in these two lines. Very powerful use of the form.

    ReplyDelete
  7. age-old tale told in a new way - well done!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Haven't heard of this form before - very interesting and clever.

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for visiting and sharing your thought.