A dizain
Poet
Playing with a new poetic archetype
Of course, I chose this as an archetype. Or did the archetype instead choose me? Prose not producing fruit, the time was ripe to accede to Polyhymnia’s plea – take a tentative crack at poetry. O, such surprise! I was smitten at once, though my raw, first works seemed penned by a dunce. Meter and Metaphor are my best friends. Rhyme — an acquaintance, a trickster, a bunce. With these archetypes my spirit ascends.
©Jenine Bsharah Baines 2021
The Muse and I have learned a new word. According to Susannah MacKinnie’s great pal, Merriam-Webster, a bunce is:
Definition of bunce slang, British : unexpected gain : GRAVY, BONUS also : unexpected luck
Polyhymnia is the muse of “sacred poetry.” And, yes, ar-che-type is three syllables.
Thank you, William J Spirdione, for teaching me a new poetic form, the dizain:
FYI, a dizain requires:
One ten-line stanza Ten syllables per line Employs the following rhyme scheme: ababbccdcd
Thank you, Nachi Keta, Somsubhra Banerjee, Priyanka Srivastava, and Elisabeth Khan, for introducing me and William to the dizain…and some amazing poetic ‘archetypes’ hiding too long in the shadows.
Thank you, dearest readers, for dropping by…Fingers crossed, if you’re a poet, you’ll tackle Literary Impulse’s prompts as well. Tag me!
