Lencio Dominic Rodrigues created a form of poetry that consists of two quatrains with a fixed rhyme scheme of ABCB, DEFE. This is known as the Lento.
The Challenge:
- Write a lento.
- Describe the feeling of a kiss.
- Rhyme: Follow the strict rhyming pattern:
X----A
X----B
X----C
X----B
Y----D
Y----E
Y----F
Y----E
To explain: The first word of every line must rhyme. The second and fourth lines of every stanza must also rhyme.
- Limit your poem in 70 words or less.
- English, Filipino, or TagLish are allowed.
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Collision
Burning like a forest fire
Shocking like a thunderbolt
Soothing like a lullaby
Enticing like an open vault
All of these things describe your lips
Small treasures that I love to kiss
Sprawl in ease as our lips collide
Fall into the kiss; succumb into bliss.
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