On Why You May Want to Reconsider Growing Up

CAUTION!

 As you age you may lose:

-joy from licking the sugar-dust off a stick of gum

-soles that can walk on gravel

-wishes from dandelion seeds

-your invisible friends

-magic

-the effects of fairy dust

-the ability to taste your dreams

                …or to even remember them.

This is for G-man at FF55.  Click on the link and check it out.

Lullaby in a Minor Key

Sing a song of lamentation,

disillusioned lullaby,

sowing seeds of hesitation.  

Sing a song of lamentation,

for a lonely generation

whose dreams are merely single-ply.

Sing a song of lamentation,

disillusioned lullaby.


This form is called a Triolet which is eight lines with a rhyme scheme of ABaAabAB.  The meter is generally iambic tetrameter or pentameter, but I've played a bit fast and loose with this.  This is for day #2 of NaPoWriMo and is linked to dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night.