TheBanyanTree: The Paradelle

[smack58 at nycap.rr.com]

The vision is a nice one.  I like it.  If you ever make the flag, I'll buy one.  :)
---- auntiesash <auntiesash at gmail.com> wrote: 
Beautiful!

I wonder what it would like like to do a banner this way... with colors
repeated and blending, 3 times over, then the grand finale of color....

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 8:52 AM, <smack58 at nycap.rr.com> wrote:

> This was an exercise we were challenged with on my poetry site.  Thought
> maybe some of you might like to try it (my meager attempt is below the
> instructions):
>
> Paradelle---The paradelle is a 4 stanza poem with a very strict line and
> word format. In
> the first three stanzas you will repeat lines 1 and 3 and then use all
> of the words in line 5
> and 6.
> Line 1: A new line
> Line 2: Repeat line 1
> Line 3: A new line
> Line 4: Repeat line 3
> Line 5 & 6: Construct a line using ALL of the words from Lines 1 and 3
> above.
> Repeat this format for until you have three stanzas.
> Final Stanza: ( a real challenge to write )
> In the final stanza, you must use every word from the three previous
> stanzas.
>
>
> THE SUMMER MOON
>
>
> The summer moon glows
> The summer moon glows
> Its orb as bright as the day’s sun
> Its orb as bright as the day’s sun
> Glows as the day’s sun
> The summer moon—its orb as bright
>
> Beams sift through the wood
> Beams sift through the wood
> Trees and leaves in shadow
> Trees and leaves in shadow
> The wood in shadow
> Beams sift through trees and leaves
>
> Streams light in open meadows
> Streams light in open meadow
> The fairies dance for joy
> The fairies dance for joy
> The fairies in open meadow
> Dance for joy in streams of light
>
> Summer moon, its orb as bright
> As days the sun
> Glows as the day’s sun
> Beams sift through the wood
> The trees and leaves in shadow
> The fairies dance in open meadow
> For joy in streams of light
>
> By Sharon A. Mack
>



-- 
Democracies are indeed slow to make war,
but once embarked upon a martial venture
are equally slow to make peace
and reluctant to make a tolerable,
rather than a vindictive, peace.
Reinhold Niebuhr