Because the number 13 is often considered unlucky, today’s NaPoWriMo challenge is to “beat the bad luck away with a poem inspired by fortune cookies.” http://www.napowrimo.net/
Playing with the number 13, I decided to write a rondel:
- Poem consists of 13 lines in 3 stanzas
- Rhyme scheme: ABba/abAB/abbaA (uppercase letters are refrains)
- Usually 8 syllables per line
Fortun(ately)
Perseverance will bring you joy.
The time to be hopeful is now.
Time for pleasure you must allow.
Recreation you shall employ.
Whether you are a girl or boy,
Live. You must find a way, somehow.
The time to be hopeful is now.
Perseverance will bring you joy.
The truth reveals the Real McCoy.
You bring the world delight, and how.
Take the applause and take a bow.
A reminder from Illinois—
Perseverance will bring you joy.
The Read-e-ologist 