Wise Habit
Try this exercise
to see through disguise.
Take note:
To locate the lies,
examine the eyes.
I quote:
Life’s ultimate prize
is to become wise
by rote.
This is a strange poetic form know as Lai which looks to be a very simple form composed of a five syllabled couplets followed by a two syllable lines. The number of lines in each stanza is fixed at nine and the couplets must rhyme with each other, as the two syllable lines must also rhyme. In English this line is probably the most difficult part of the poem.
The Lai is a very old French form and tradition states that the short line must not be indented, it must be left dressed to the poem. This is known as Arbre Fourchu (Forked Tree); there is a pattern meant to be set up as a tree.
The number of lines in each stanza is fixed at nine. The number of stanzas is not fixed and each stanza has its own rhyme pattern. The stanza’s rhyme
pattern is… a. a. b. a. a. b. a. a. b.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
This is very deftly done. The prompt is open all month. I like the way the two beat lines punctuate the poem, and I like the message, too.
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Thanks, Sarah. Just found the link and posted. I also discover I’d used the same rhyming word twice, so I redid a line. I guess one can never edit too much!
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This is news to me! – I’m going to have to give it a go,,, when i find time.
I managed to get some shots of the orange bougainvillea today, along with a few local flowers. Hope to have them up soon.
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It is a wise habit to examine the eyes.
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The eyes give away the lies or sometimes not if one is too cleverly disguise. Thanks for joining our poetry form challenge.
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Thanks, Grace, for creating it.
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