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And Yet I Know…

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Raivenne

I smile as flowers start to grow
But yet I know
The season holds bittersweet sting
Every spring
The air hints warm, yet brings scant bliss
It’s you I miss
These moments when I go through this
This woe is never long to last
And joy of longer days come fast
But yet I know, every spring, it’s you I miss

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Welcome to the Oviellejo

The Oviellejo is an Old Spanish verse form (derived from ovillo, a ball of yarn). A stanza consists of 10 lines, with a rhyme scheme of AABBCCCDDC. The second line of each rhyme scheme, Line 2,4,6, is short line of up to 5 syllables. The last line is a “redondilla,” a “little round” that collects all three of the short lines.

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16 thoughts on “And Yet I Know…”

Q on April 1, 2013 at 5:58 PM said:

Rebirth brings memories, which then flower themselves. (Rai)

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- Raivenne on April 2, 2013 at 12:14 AM said:
  
  I know you know – thanks. ♥
  
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PassionPoet on April 9, 2013 at 3:42 PM said:

Love your play on words and your commitment to different forms 🙂 You’re an inspiration, hon 🙂

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- Raivenne on April 9, 2013 at 6:20 PM said:
  
  Thanks Bajan.
  
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brian miller on April 9, 2013 at 4:56 PM said:

mmm i feel the bitter sweet in your words…it is scorching hot here today…perhaps spring is here…a time of rebirth, but the change always has me looking back as well…smiles.

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- Raivenne on April 9, 2013 at 6:22 PM said:
  
  Thanks Brian. Haven’t reached scorching and some April showers are on the horizon to boot.
  
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poetrydiary on April 9, 2013 at 5:14 PM said:

I like the refrain in this – it’s you I miss – and the form works very well with the words.

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- Raivenne on April 9, 2013 at 6:23 PM said:
  
  Thank you, PoetryDiary.
  
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M.A.S. on April 9, 2013 at 7:40 PM said:

Your rhyme scheme is very purposeful, effective, and great!

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- Raivenne on April 9, 2013 at 8:14 PM said:
  
  Thank you, M.A.S.
  
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charlesmashburn on April 9, 2013 at 9:14 PM said:

Beautiful poetry.

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- Raivenne on April 10, 2013 at 8:01 AM said:
  
  Thank you, Charles.
  
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Rowan Taw on April 10, 2013 at 1:00 AM said:

A sadly sweet poem. Thanks for sharing information about the form.

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- Raivenne on April 10, 2013 at 8:01 AM said:
  
  Thanks Rowan.
  
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Bar None Group (@barnonegroup) on April 10, 2013 at 10:47 AM said:

A wonderful poem for the day wrapped in a marvelous process.
Cheers,
Mark Butkus

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Todd Alan Kraft on April 12, 2013 at 10:53 AM said:

I have a particular anniversary I’d like to forget. Comes in November, though. Your poem moved me, and I like when poets explore forms.

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