Fall Awaits Us

# Summary

The website content features a pre-autumn lai poem reflecting on the transition of seasons, along with a discussion of the lai's poetic form and a challenge to fellow poets.

# Abstract

The provided text introduces a poetic piece titled "Fall Awaits Us," which captures the essence of the pre-autumn season through a lai, a French poetic form. This form is characterized by a strict rhyme and syllable pattern, consisting of nine lines with alternating five-syllable "a" rhyme lines and two-syllable "b" rhyme lines. The poem describes the natural changes occurring as autumn approaches, such as leaves falling, the blending of seasons, and the need for outdoor preparations. The author, Zach Payne, acknowledges the difficulty of writing a lai due to its rigid structure and expresses gratitude to those who have supported his poetic endeavors. Additionally, the text extends an invitation to other poets to engage in the challenge of creating poetry using uncommon forms, with a link provided to an informative piece about these forms by Somsubhra Banerjee.

# Opinions

- The author finds the rules for writing a lai to be challenging, particularly the requirement for short syllable lines that rhyme.
- Zach Payne appreciates the support from Somsubhra Banerjee, Priyanka Srivastava, Elisabeth Khan, Nachi Keta, and the Literary Impulse publication for featuring his lai and other poetry attempts.
- The author extends a challenge to fellow poets Zach Payne, Marilyn Flower, and Terianne Falcone to participate in the uncommon poetic forms challenge, indicating a sense of community and shared pursuit of poetic excellence.

A Pre-autumn lai

Autumn is pending Leaves start descending Breeze flows

Seasons are blending Green to brown trending Wind grows

Time for yard tending Need for fence mending Rain woes

The rules for writing a lai were harder than I expected. The short syllable lines that rhyme can be challenging.

The French lai form of poem consists of a total of nine lines. The rhyme pattern is aabaabaab.

The “a” rhyme lines each use five syllables. The “b” rhyme lines each have two syllables.

The lai is one of the 15 uncommon forms of poetry listed in the challenge to poets by Somsubhra Banerjee in Literary Impulse.

The instructions and a short description of these forms can be found in the link to Somsubhra’s informative piece below.

(Note that the prompt challenge has been extended to the end of September.)

Thank you readers for visiting this fine publication.

I challenge my fellow poets Zach Payne, Marilyn Flower, and TerianneFalcone to join the challenge.

Fall Awaits Us

A Pre-autumn lai

Uncommon Poetic Forms

Would You Give It A Go?