poetry

Folly

Sally

A ladder
Propped up (could he be madder?!)
‘gainst barn on sawhorses, planks
Tanks.

No surprise
It failed — who would/could advise
Such a scheme? Only a fool
(You’ll

Soon agree)
Maybe you’re thinking “newbie” —
Nope! That’s not it either. See —
He

Was skillful
But also way too willful
To listen to any sense
(Dense)

Just foolish
And, like a donkey, mulish
Stubborn. He thought it would work.
(smirk)

To foresee
(he could not) those sheep, carefree,
Stampeding through his death trap
(Crap!)

He survived!
This story is not contrived;
It’s true. I heard it last eve —
Steve

This is an Irish form called Deibide Baise Fri Toin. It’s made up of quatrains with an aabb rhyme scheme. Syllable count 3-7-7-1. Lines one and two rhyme on a two-syllable word; lines three and four rhyme on a monosyllabic word.

This is in response to the W3 prompt: folly

Published by Sally

8 thoughts on “Folly”

  4. I can’t stop smiling 😄, I have seen this happen so many times! I absolutely loved how this form works with your chosen theme. Thank you so much for introducing it, Sally.

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  7. Sally this one had me agog at the delightful form and inventive rhyme!! I’m going to have to try this form again. But it will be folly when I think of the clever way you used it!!

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