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-
This is wonderful, Janaki! :-)
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of this, thank you!
ReplyDeleteouch. when we believe, we def risk...
ReplyDeletewhat an interesting form as well...will have to give it a try....
Oouch...the twist is very good ~
ReplyDeleteI really like this...thanks for sharing your words
ReplyDeleteReally 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.
ReplyDeleteage-old tale told in a new way - well done!
ReplyDeleteHaven't heard of this form before - very interesting and clever.
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