Today I’m giving the Luc Bat a go. This poetry form is Vietnamese in origin and means “six-eight.” In fact, the poem consists of alternating lines of six and eight syllables. This poem is interesting in its rhyme scheme that renews at the end of every eight-syllable line and rhymes on the sixth syllable of both lines.
Here’s a diagram of how the first few lines of luc bat poems should rhyme:
xxxxxA
xxxxxAxB
xxxxxB
xxxxxBxC
xxxxxC
xxxxxCxD
xxxxxD
xxxxxDxE
I managed a few luc bats. The rhyme sequence is a bit tricky B but once I got the hang of it I wanted to keep going! Hope you will give this one a try! 😊
Sleep Interrupted
Here at the cusp of dawn
as dark of night moves on, I sigh
half asleep, buying time
Hit the snooze, close my eyes, distressed,
Toss and turn, try to rest
And then the sun, that pest, peeks through
The day awaits anew
There’s nothing left to do but rise.
No Regrets
It’s too late to regret
a deed once done and yet we try
“A do-over!” we cry,
as if we could deny our part
It cuts us to the heart
Releasing is an art, you know
the only way to grow
choose to learn, let it go, move on.
kat ~ 14 April 2016
April 14th, 2016 at 8:22 am
Wonderful! I love it!
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April 14th, 2016 at 9:45 am
Thanks PJ! I actually had to go back and tweak the first poem. I missed an entire line…can you tell I wrote it AT DAWN in between snooze button clicks!? HAHA. I love mornings. I really do. 🙂
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April 14th, 2016 at 9:57 am
I love mornings too! Wonderful poems, Kat!
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April 14th, 2016 at 10:17 am
🙂
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April 14th, 2016 at 2:00 pm
That pesky sunrise! (I am NOT a morning person, I am a night owl.) Both are very nice, though. The rhythm of Luc Bat is pleasing.
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April 14th, 2016 at 5:04 pm
I like the rhythm of this form too. The way the rhyme hides at syllable 6 or so in the 8 syllable line is interesting. The word that follows feels like a transition each time. 🙂
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April 14th, 2016 at 6:36 pm
Exactly. 🙂
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April 14th, 2016 at 7:22 pm
Experience, the worst teacher eh? Great job Kat!
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April 14th, 2016 at 8:10 pm
It is! But you remember the lesson! 😉
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April 15th, 2016 at 3:44 pm
Cool, love it!
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April 15th, 2016 at 4:45 pm
Thanks Lynn. I was so sleepy when I wrote this. I missed a line and had to go back and fix it! 😜
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April 15th, 2016 at 5:27 pm
Ohhh you poor thing
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April 15th, 2016 at 11:28 pm
😳
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