In-form Poet Wednesday, Poetic Bloomings

OVILLEJO
Poetic Bloomings

 An OVILLEJO (the name comes from the Spanish, meaning “tight ball of yarn”) is a verse that consists of ten lines. There are no specific line lengths required, but the shorter lines (numbers 2, 4, and 6) are usually no more than five syllables long, and the other seven lines no more than eight syllables long. The rhyme scheme reveals the mystery of the form:

1. a, Longer line

2. A, Short line
3. b, Longer line
4. B, Short line
5. c, Longer line
6. C, Short line
7. c, Longer line
8. d, Longer line
9. d, Longer line
10. A+B+C  <— This line combines Lines 2, 4 and 6 to complete a thought.

 

          Thirteen

Sometimes, I have a hanker keen;
Oh, to be thirteen  
again, living inside dusk's pith
and vibrating with 
sensations -sweet, intense- that dare

life’s craved mysteries fair,

that sparkle in the evening air

like glitter tossed from childish hand
to conceal secrets banned. 

Oh, to be thirteen and vibrating with life’s craved mysteries fair.