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Melissa, host for the d’Verse Poets, FOLDING INTO AUTUMN, invites us to write a Fold poem.

What is a Fold poem? I’d never heard of it till today and now my fold poems are coming along like buses. Two in a row! What’s going on?

The fold poetry form is the creation of poet Gillena Cox.

THE FOLD POETIC FORM 
The poem comprises eleven lines. A phrase is included in the first line, which is repeated in lines five and eleven. The rhyme of the first line is alternated throughout.

GUIDELINES
1. 11 lines
2. The end phrase of Line 1 repeats at Lines 5 and 11
3. The rhyme of line 1 continues through in every other line 
4. There MUST be a reference to nature and how it affects you, the poet”

* A substantial list of autumn words to use in your poem was supplied with the prompt. From that list I’ve used oak, forage, corn, acorn, and squirrel, of course.

The Squirrel Wants to Find an Acorn

The squirrel wants to find an acorn
He forages everywhere 
Oak trees are fewer than when he was born
They are harder to come across
He forages in the wood to find an acorn
He searches in the undergrowth
and in a field of corn
He searches on the rooftops, and in the street
He perches on a farmyard gate, his hungry soul forlorn
How can this nut be so rare?
He picks up a conker, but he wants to find an acorn


Lesley Scoble, September 2023

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
Thank you, Melissa Lemay, Mom with a Blog , for hosting d’Verse Poetics, Folding into Autumn poetry prompt. Btw, mine’s a pint! Thanks 🍺 

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Lesley lives in the City of London Square Mile. An artist, actor and sculptor (her first ceramic sculpture won the V&A inspired by… Award). Scenic artist & book illustrator, playwright, (her musical play, Rapscallion performed in inner city schools and theatre school); TV dancer; Animator and illustrator for TV production. Set up Pinecone Studios Ltd and IIMSI Ltd drama and filmmaking workshops in London – producing award-winning films made by children.