Stine Writing and Miniatures

100 Forms of Poetry: #66 Pantoum (Updated from original!)

My Daughter

For my daughter, I’d do anything
She’s all I have left of my old life
Her beauty makes my heart sing
Being with her I feel no strife

She’s all I have left of my old life
So many years with so little left
Being with her I feel no strife
She fills a place in my heart bereft

So many years with so little left
Our relationship allows me to cope
She fills a place in my heart bereft
Looking forward I only see hope

©2023 CBialczak

The pantoum is a poetic form originating in Malay where poets write quatrains (4-line stanzas) with an abab rhyme scheme and repeat lines 2 and 4 in the previous stanza as lines 1 and 3 in the next stanza.

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