The quiet of a country lane
In harsh contrast of traffic noise
Sweet children’s laughter with their toys
Old aged aches and fear of pain
In harsh contrast of traffic noise
The quiet of a country lane
Lesley Scoble, July 2024
I wrote my biolet poem, The Quiet of a Country Lane, in response to Sadje’s poetry prompt. Sadje is this week’s Poet-of-the-Week for the W3 Poetry Prompt #117. See her prompt guidelines below.
Prompt guidelines
Form: Biolet
Theme: Love/Hate
Biolet?
The Biolet is a six line poem; the first two lines are repeated as the last two lines, however in reverse.
The rhyme scheme can be expressed as ABbaBA (with the capital letters representing the repeated lines).
The length of the lines can be in iambic tetrameter (8 syllables), iambic pentameter (10 syllables), iambic hexameter (12 syllables), or in unmetered lines of random lengths.
ACKOWLEDGEMENTS
Thank you Sadje, for your wonderful prompt and for introducing me to the Biolet poetry form.
My thanks as always, go to David, The Skeptics Kaddish for hosting the W3 Weekly Poetry Prompts.
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.
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