[This weeks Totally Optional Prompt was to write a poem in blank verse, that is a poem with meter with or without rhyme. I toyed around with a the sound of triplets or a waltz. That makes it largely "dactyl" I think, though feel free to correct me. This is less of a work in progress, and more a exercise. Go check out what other folks came up with. Oh, and click here if you want a definition of obbligato.]
Obbligato
cupcakes on weeknights or choc'late chip pancakes
tending to needs of her family and friends
fridge always stocked and the always-clean linens
proof of her love and devotion to home
others came first and she always came after - yet
there she was nearby with smiles and a hug
'til
then she was gone and the melody faltered
weft-less the family fabric was frayed
Thursday, September 18, 2008
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Glad to see you managed to get the pancakes in!
Oh, nicely done! And yes, there's always one to glue...
Hello, Andy. Isn't everything better with pancakes?
Hi, Sue. Thanks! Thinking about the obbligato piccolo part in Stars & Stripes Forever - that piece would be missing something crucial without it. That led me to this, not that it is based on anyone in particular, though it has pieces of a few families I have known.
Lovely. :)
thanks, felicity
love the title...
irrationality
Thanks, Gautami, though I must give credit to Read Write Poem's random prompt for that. It definitely set me off in the right direction!
That was a good one. And so incredibly true...
thanks, Maria.
Easy to take for granted, but once gone, can never be replaced.
Hi, Stan. thanks.
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