Poetic Form 96: Monotetra

 Here Joy Has Been

Stories told around the dinner

table. The youngest is bigger

now, adding to tales of winter.

Time’s a river. Time’s a river.

Plates clean, laughing until we cry.

Brothers and sisters testify

of past moments that fortify

Love’s real why. Love’s real why.

I hold a cup of coffee in

my hands, while I try to think when

I felt more blessed. Room filled with kin.

Here joy has been. Here joy has been.

Poetic Form #96: Monotetra

The monotetra form was developed by Michael Walker.  The poem is composed

 of quatrains (four-line stanzas) with 8 syllables per line. Each quatrain has 

mono-rhymed lines. The last line of each stanza repeats the same four syllables.

 The poem can be as short as one quatrain or as long as the poet wishes.