July 2 poem

Day 2:

This is a special Quartina, from the Sestina family. A Sestina is iambic Pentameter. I’ll write a future Quartina in the same way.

This one actually rhymes. A & C rhyme, as does B & D, similar to the rhyming Sestina.

The form goes as follows: ABCD  DABC  CDAB  BCDA  A/B C/D(poem #11,102)

This poem will start out in time

Please permit me now if I may

While some do not, this one will rhyme

To make this Quartina the way.

This is not the regular way

For a Quartina at this time

But please permit me if I may

If I decide to make it rhyme.

A and C, and B and D rhyme

Using four words is the right way

It just may take a little time

To get it correct, if you may.

Set a nice meter, if you may

But just make sure that it will rhyme

There is not just one lonely way

To make this Quartina in time.

Out of time, to close if I may

Make it rhyme, it’s the only way.