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A to Z Challenge #26 - Z for Z words (not too many to choose from though)
NaPoWriMo # 26 - To write a curtal sonnet
A curtal sonnet is shorter than the normal, fourteen line sonnet. Instead it has a first stanza of six lines, followed by a second stanza of four, and then closes with a half-line. It has an ABCABCDBCDC rhymic structure if one so wishes ( it may not need to rhyme) A 10 syllabic count for the 9 lines is maintained (and 5 for the half line) The syllabic count is also flexible and not necessarily adhered to in many.
A Zeal to zap for power not zig-zagging
B Detests any zombie-like existence
C And set to counter zealots of all kinds
A Somewhat zany but with a zest for living
B Stuck zippers a phenomena often
C in haste an obsession for one so blind
D Having zabaglione instead of pizza
B A light meal on the quiet all alone
C An abhorrence to others on the bind
D Well mannered turn-around none too bizarre
C Just one of a kind!
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Oh this is fun! I never would have believed the lowly "Z" could hold so many possibilities.
ReplyDeleteNo zombie like existence indeed, no fun there
ReplyDeleteVery interesting form. I thought I figured out the rhyme scheme but then the B lines threw me off.
ReplyDeleteLove all the Zs. Great write
That was a fun sonnet to read I've never seen this form.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing Hank with the Z zang..
Zowie :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting form Hank ~ I like the z sounds, none too bizzare ~
ReplyDeletea good collection of Zs including zombies..nice... :)
ReplyDeleteI too love to try new poetic forms and this one I have heard for the first time, seems interesting.
ReplyDeleteGosh so many Zs, wonderfully written and so interesting.
ReplyDeleteHave a good Sunday,
Yvonne.
smiles... having zabaglione instead of pizza doesn't sound bad at all to me ... hmmmm
ReplyDeleteinteresting form as well
I wrote a curtal sonnet as well without rhyme Congratulations on managing the rhyme. Only four more days...I have enjoyed it...Hope you have too:)
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with the form Hank, but you fill it with energy and wit. Not sure though about where I come down on the question of 'zabaglione instead of pizza.' I'd probably opt for both. Nice job here.
ReplyDeleteSteve K.
This was interesting - the subject was very fun, & the form is new to me. Definitely no zzzzzz's while I was reading it! hahahaha! Vivienne (OneVoicePoetry)
ReplyDeleteYou don't make life easy for yourself, do you - a curtal sonnet, rhymes, plus the challenge of z words! Great job - looks like you had fun with it too. Zabaglione instead of pizza - you've made me hungry...
ReplyDeleteI'm just in awe you can hit all the right syllables...
ReplyDeleteOh this was creative... love the form... have to try that. and definitely zabaglione instead of pizza...
ReplyDeleteYou have certainly expanded my appreciation of the letter Z. :)
ReplyDeleteClever write, Hank.
ReplyDeleteWell done - and goal well met. Couldn't have been easy but you met the outlines and made quite a sturdy and creditable poem in the process. Kudos!
ReplyDeleteSometimes on road trips our family would play a word game; someone starts staying some word; say giraffe; the next person then has to say a word using the last letter of the first word, E, & so on, & so on for miles & minutes. Everyone hated the words ending in Z, like jazz, because the Z section in our language is so sparse. What a fun exercise you have introduced to poetically; thanks.
ReplyDeleteWriting with Z would be so much of a challenge and you handled it beautifully. I came to know about the new form as well. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteYou are absolutely one of a kind! Very very clever. (a meal of zabaglione, mmmm) Thank you for this.
ReplyDeletelike Zorro you sliced and diced that curtal, with skillz ~
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