Sestalena

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Form: Sestalena

Invented by: Caroline Ann Gordon on Allpoetry

syllabic  6/8/8/6/8/6

rhyme    a  b b a  b a

Length 6 lines

a Lines Iambic Trimeter

b Lines Iambic Tetrameter 

Pasted from <http://allpoetry.com/list/541485-Sestalena>

Example Poem

Apprenticeship     (Sestalena)

I found that gasoline

is not accelerant preferred

for burning work-site junk.  A nerd,

they let me learn just fine,

The boom! The bounce! I looked absurd.

The blast turned out benign.

Construction guys have fun

in teaching newbies with a sting.

First wheelbarrow I tried to bring

across a plank built run

On my first turn, I dumped the thing.

Applause by everyone.

The egg noodles were free

but changed the texture quite a bit

of my jam sandwich- a new hit.

My colleagues laughed with glee.

The jokes on me just never quit.

Yet, all were good for me.

The AM radio

that day in nineteen sixty-three,

announced the death of Kennedy

so that is how I know

when noodle sandwich jubilee

became a subdued show.

But thanking good old Zeus,

I transitioned from labor skills

to other ways to pay my bills.

So I have no excuse

my poems don't provide more thrills,

I'm just a bit obtuse.

  © Lawrencealot - January 10, 2013

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