Six Lanturnes

The LANTURNE is a traditional poetic form which has a five-line verse, normally without rhyme, supposedly in the shape of a Japanese lantern.
It has a syllabic pattern of one, two, three, four, one.
Below ,I have composed six loosely connected verses in this form . . .

Raise
your voice
make it ring
don’t let it die
sing

Vows
last long
when new but
promises soon
die

Love
yields hope
but time tells
and soon it dies
hurt

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Life
brings joy
But sorrow
Intrudes too soon
… Damn!

I
alas
will die soon
leaving this life
hurts

Cry
and ask
this fool world
to forgive your
tears

13 thoughts on “Six Lanturnes”

Beautiful! I will enjoy playing with this. Thank you for the introduction, Roland!

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Roland's Ragbag on July 18, 2017 at 8:22 am said:

… And thank you for responding, Tanya.

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- Tanya Cliff on July 18, 2017 at 2:45 pm said:
  
  My pleasure, Roland!😊
  
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Cry
and ask
this fool world
to forgive your
tears
Brilliant sir ! They’re like uber Haiku. thank you Roland.

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Roland's Ragbag on July 18, 2017 at 8:24 am said:

Thanks for your appreciation, Nigel.

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I was just saying the other day that I envy the discipline it takes to write with style. My thoughts are way too scattered. But, ‘Cry and ask this fool world to forgive your tears’ is nothing but pure artistry.

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