Alankar(Decor) -246 Poem by Indira Renganathan

Tinnitus(Staccato)

Staccato an invented stanzaic form which attempts to emulate the musical staccato rhythm with
emphatic two syllable refrains inserted in L3 and L6 of each stanza.
Jan Turner created a form with internal rhyme and variable meter. The elements of the Staccato are:

stanzaic, written in 2 or more sixains.
metric, iambic, L1, L2, L5, L6 are pentameter, L3 and L4 are tetrameter.
rhymed aabbcc ddeeff gghhii. Internal rhyme occurs between L1 and L2 midway in the lines.
written with an emphatic, two syllable refrain repeated twice at the beginning of L3 and
once at the beginning of L6 of each stanza.


Tinnitus

Ringing ringing in the ears, what is that
Droning droning up the head, who is that
Explored, explored none seen around
Puzzling puzzling, fear screams aloud
Quest and questions, answerless mystery
explored, implored, bad, bad, bad history

Tinnitus, it is tinnitus ringing
Tinnitus, it is tinnitus droning
Buzzing buzzing no cicadas
No bell, no phone inside the ears
Ear, heart, hurt and putrid, may be a fault
Buzzing "warning! ! " says the doctor's report

Cureless nuisance, a disease tinnitus
Cryptic nuisance, in old folks noisy tease
Beware beware, no harmony
Nor a music of melody
Yet so musical you may feel at first
Beware, but of no way to escape fast


Note:

Tinnitus: a ringing or booming sensation in one or both ears; a symptom of an ear infection
or Meniere's disease

Meniere's disease: a disease of the inner ear characterized by episodes of dizziness
and tinnitus and progressive hearing loss (usually unilateral)