Demi-Sonnet for LexPoMo
To find the perfect near rhyme
wrapped inside finest nori sheet–
like paper, thin, inscribed with words
like eel, wasabi, daikon – whose saying
tastes like lunch with an old friend who loves
fermenting words as much as you
and the click of boxwood sticks as they touch.
Note: A Demi-sonnet, devised by the terrific poet Erin Murphy, is 7 lines with the last word echoing a rhyme or slant rhyme with another word in the poem.
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Taught a new form today!
Thank you, sir!
fermenting words
Yes!
“fermenting words”: I love that!
…”whose saying / tastes like lunch with an old friend who loves /…”. I really like these line breaks.
Thanks, Ellen. The form is so forgiving and almost demands attention to enjambment.
Ahhh, yes…”tastes like lunch with an old friend who loves
fermenting words as much as you
and the click of boxwood sticks as they touch.”
This may be a sonnet form I will try, Dick!
Pam
Sushi!
Thanks for teaching me a cool new form.
Let me see if I understand the rhyme scheme: In line 1, “rhyme” echoes “find”; in line 2, “sheet” echoes “wrapped”; in line 3, “words” echoes “paper”; in line 4, “saying” echoes “daikon”; in line 5, “loves” echoes “lunch”; in line 6, “you” echoes “who”; in line 7, “touch” echoes “much”.
Is that about right?
Tom: Sorry for the delay. Been off LPM for a week, So the form is less rule-full than that. Basically the last word is an echo/rhyme/slant rhyme with antler word in the poem. I’ve been looking for ways to make more sonic connections in these – but they are not part of the form. “Much” and “touch” fulfilled the edict. But, as you noted, I tried to daisy chain back to the beginning.