Calm Peaceful I slumber In morning void Of unneeded noise Crash! Rumble! Thump! Bang! Boom! That which man builds Brings with it much sound I Wake to Cacophony Of construction Morning peace now gone
I begin National Poetry Month for 2021 whinging in poem as this morning I was once again startled awake by the sounds of construction happening around my block before my alarm clock had the honors.
Today’s form: the Arun.
A nonce poem created by friend and fellow blogger, GirlGriot, an Arun is a fifteen-line poem in three sets of five lines. Each set of five lines follows the same syllable structure: starting with one syllable and increasing by one syllable with each line. 1/2/3/4/5 — 3x. There are no other rhyme or structural requirements.
I love this poem and the story it tells, how the first and last lines bookend each other so well. I like this form for what you’re writing, too. It’s like the first stanza is an expansion of this calm, this quiet – then we are interrupted by the noise and the break to the next stanza. I’m glad you wrote it, less glad you had to LIVE it.
Thanks Lainie :D. Still living it, while be for at least another week at the rate its progressing.
Raivenne!! Thank you for this excellent gift! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
You’re welcome! You know I have to do at least one of these during Poetry Month. 😀