August 7, 2023

a storm’s a-coming

By Kat Myrman 
a storm’s a-coming

storms rarely come without warning 
a blustery wind, an angry glare
thunder rolling, an icy stare
chilled to bone, red sky at morning
a blustery wind, an angry glare
storms rarely come without warning 

~kat

The Biolet

The biolet was invented by the Brazilian poet Filinto de Almeida and first appeared in print in his book Lyrica in 1887. It is a six line poem where the first two lines are repeated as the last two lines, however in reverse. The rhyme scheme is ABbaBA (with the capital letters representing the repeated lines). Most of Almeida’s original biolets in Portuguese were in iambic tetrameter (8 syllables), but you could also try iambic pentameter (10 syllables), iambic hexameter (12 syllables), and unmetered lines of random lengths as well.

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