The LANTURNE is a traditional poetic form which has a five-line verse, normally without rhyme, 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
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
Roland's Ragbag 