The Dverse Poets Pub’s challenge today is to try the Mirrored Refrain form created by Stephanie Repnyek. It looks like a fun challenge of rhyme and repetition. Here goes:
A Needed Rest
Fireflies’ sparks among the murmur,
relief within the monotonous slop,
illuminate the eighth-note rest,
thrust of syncopation, surprise stop.
A small puncture to the drone,
the point of the carving knife presses,
thrust of syncopation, surprise stop.
Illuminate the eighth-note rest.
Spaces of magnetic balance where
attraction and repulsion lock
illuminate the eighth-note rest,
thrust of syncopation, surprise stop.
A skip that jolts the battered heart with
the sharp, invigorating sting of zest,
Thrust of syncopation, surprise stop,
illuminate the eighth-note rest.
The poetry form inspired me to go out and take some fun mirror pictures. I almost melted, but got some nice pictures. Thank you for the inspiration.
Experience Writing 
I love all the noise and movement in this poem, as if something very industrious and intriguing is going on 🙂 Love the mirror shots.
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Thank you.
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Such amazing pictures! 😀 I love how skillfully you have worked the form especially this; “A skip that jolts the battered heart with the sharp, invigorating sting of zest.”💝💝
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Thank you.
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So clever!! The musician in me loves it …….
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So glad.
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I guess sometimes we need a rest in the beat of life. The mirror photos are interesting.
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I haven’t figured out whether this is about a heart attack, a piece of music, or a murder, but it’s intriguing. I like your creative mirror photos also 🙂
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I love the whole sequence specially the last stanza, with that sting of zest:
A skip that jolts the battered heart with
the sharp, invigorating sting of zest,
Thrust of syncopation, surprise stop,
illuminate the eighth-note rest.
And its cool that you took mirror photos too – so creative!
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Thank you. It was a fun form. Got me back to posting. I didn’t mean to take such a long break.
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Ooh, nice one! And the pictures look really cool.
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Thank you.
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