Long I Have Lived..(Pirouette)
The Pirouette is:
a decastich, a poem in 10 lines.
syllabic,6 syllable per line.
L5 is repeated in L6.
rhymed or unrhymed at the discretion of the poet.
Long I Have Lived
Long I have lived this life
And I know what it is
Love and hate, woe and joy
Waxing, waning in turns
Just as the moon above
Just as the moon above
Scaling life's ups and downs
Helpless, hopeless we are
But do we hate the moon
Suchlike is life, just love
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
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