True Love

When the day is done
Darkness of the night one is here
Whisper in my ear
We will not have to fear without
There will be no doubt
For this joy I will shout and shine
To know you are mine
This is true and divine my love

©2023 CBialczak

The luc bat is a Vietnamese poetic form that means “six-eight.” In fact, the poem consists of alternating lines of six and eight syllables. This poem is interesting in its rhyme scheme that renews at the end of every eight-syllable line and rhymes on the sixth syllable of both lines.

Here’s a diagram of how the first few lines of luc bat poems should rhyme:

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xxxxxAxB
xxxxxB
xxxxxBxC
xxxxxC
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xxxxxDxE