POETRY

What Are You When You’re In Love?

My way into a poetic form called Viator

When you’re in love some say you’re blind Are you quite one sort of wee blind?

I’d rather guess when you’re in love you’re deaf, not blind you know one’s smirch

imperfections, defects or flaws when you’re in love you’re a pure snub

Though all I know, you’ll turn into poet like me, when you’re in love.

Viator comes from the Latin word for a traveler and is invented by a Canadian poet and author, Robin Skelton.

The steps are so easy to follow:

1. The first line of the first stanza, which is called a refrain, appears,
2. as the second line of the second stanza
3. becomes the third line of the third stanza, and so on, for how many stanzas you would like to form;
4. until the final stanza has the refrain as the last line
5. any stanza form, and there you have it. Have fun!

You can also try other poetic forms like the ones undermentioned:

Thanks so much for reading! Stay well always!

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