Alankar(Decor) -134 Poem by Indira Renganathan

Unseasonal(Ya-Du)

The Ya-Du or ritú (season)is stanzaic form dedicated to the seasons.
The theme should express the emotions the seasons evoke.
The form is a 15th century Burmese pattern using a climbing rhyme.

stanzaic, written in no more than 3 cinquains.
syllabic. L1-L4 tetrasyllabic (4)and L5 may be 5,7,9, or 11 syllables.4-4-4-4-(5,7,9, or 11)

rhymed. The form employs a climbing rhyme in which the 4th syllable of L1
rhymes with the 3rd syllable of L2 and the 2nd syllable of L3. L4 and L5 end rhyme.
dedicated to the seasons and the emotions they evoke.
x x x a
x x a x
x a x b
x x b c
x b x x corx bx x x x c etc


Unseasonal

They hope to reap
Trust to heap gain
Just keep toiling
Travailing, wait
Looking for profit


But lo their fate
Brings them waste lot
To hate shocking
Destroying storm
Venging to harm untimely