Flight Of The Fledgling (A Partenza Represa...An Original Form) Comments
A Partenza Represa ©2008 is a form original to this poem. It just seemed to develope as I was writing and with the help of a talented friend, I was able to tighten up the form and improve the flow. The Partenza Represa contains any number of four line stanzas which can rhyme or not rhyme depending on preference. The most important features of this form is that it maintains a strict syllable line count of your choosing: 8*6*8*6,8*8*8*8,10*10*10*10...etc. And, each line must begin (anywhere you like) with the last portion of the line before it. Also, it's important to point out that you can either continue the beginning of each stanza with a refrain or you may choose to begin a new line. Let me know if you like it...or don't :)
Original version: This one was for when my little one entered preschool. (some have mentioned that they prefer this one) Would you mind telling me which you refer?
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7/19/2025 12:56:43 PM # 1.0.0
Ask yourself whom your targeted audience is going to be-parents who have or are going to experience the emotions of the 'Poor mother bird' (revision) , or a child draft) that will eventually grow up and probably experience empty nest syndrome themselves (revision) . Are you going to read it to your son (draft) , or at your local public library (draft) . Do you want it to be a keep sake for your boy he can relate to again later on in life in a whole new way (revision) . Do you want it to be widely accepted by the ones who actually purchase, read, understand, and enjoy poetry (revision) . I like the revision better as a whole. Babies grow up. Put the draft in a family photo album, but send the matured revision out into the world. The revision would make for a good off-to-college poem here in the not-so-distant future that (metaphorically) will be here tomorrow.