Raison d’etre

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Raison d’etre

What needs incite
my lust to write?
I fear the answer
is a cancer
that swims my brain
prompting refrain
in rhyme and meter
perfect and  neater
than free verse or
that deadly bore––

the limerick
that lost its kick
decades ago.
I love the flow
of iambs and
trochees that stand
first tall, then short
as if in sport––
touching their toes
or knees to nose.

Dactyls are gimpy–
awkward and limpy.
What I like best?
The anapest!
Its canter sweet
just can’t be beat.
It is my chance
to strut and prance
to sing and dance
through fine parlance
in rhymes repeated
while snugly seated.

My deeds nefarious
are all vicarious––
neatly rhymed
and evenly timed.
In short, my time
is spent in rhyme.
And if you’re judging
my dearth of budging,
I am not crazy.
I’m merely lazy!

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My blog, which started out to be about overcoming grief, quickly grew into a blog about celebrating life. I post daily: poems, photographs, essays or stories. I've lived in countries all around the globe but have finally come to rest in Mexico, where I've lived since 2001. My books may be found on Amazon in Kindle and print format, my art in local Ajijic galleries. Hope to see you at my blog.

12 thoughts on “Raison d’etre”

    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      Truman Capote, Dylan Thomas, Jane Austen, the Brontes, Chaucer, Dr. Seuss, Somerset Maugham, John Donne, Carson McCullers––off the top of my mind. Many more I’m sure.

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  4. Marilyn Armstrong's avatarMarilyn Armstrong

    Now you really got me because I don’t remember which is an iamb, dactyl or an anapest. I think I once knew this stuff, but it has floated away … whoosh … gone. Oh well. Good that you are keeping the faith for all of we who have forgotten.

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