Tuesday, April 30, 2013

A to Z Blogging Challenge: Z is for Zani-La

 
A to Z Blogging Challenge:
Z is for Zani-La
by
Blooming Psycho
 
The ZaniLa Rhyme, a form created by Laura Lamarca, consists 4 lines per stanza.
The rhyme scheme for this form is abcb and a syllable count of 9/7/9/9 per stanza.
Line 3 contains internal rhyme and is repeated in each odd numbered stanza.
Even stanzas contain the same line but swapped.
The ZaniLa Rhyme has a minimum of 3 stanzas and no maximum poem length.
First an example, and then mine.
 
Example:

Sing Me A Song
 
Give me a cloud so that I may sit
to watch the world far below;
Sing me a song and make me belong,
With a tune only you and I know.
 
Give me an angel, help me find peace
for a mind tortured in hell;
Make me belong and sing me a song,
Hum the tune and I'll sing it as well.
 
Give me your shoulder so I may cry,
release pain and take a rest;
Sing me a song and make me belong,
And we'll improvise upon request.
 
Give me your hand, together we'll walk
through our rainbow-coloured dreams;
Make me belong and sing me a song,
Sing Lovers' glory to the extreme.
 
Copyright © 2006 Laura Lamarca
 
Bad Brains
 
My brain is a bad brain, don't you know
Disobedient and wrong
It never is kind, my evil mind
On each bad trip, it drags me along
 
My brain's filled with cruelty and evil
It makes me want to run
My evil mind, it never is kind
I wish it would let me have my fun
 
Many days, my brain wants to kill me
Sometimes I just come undone
It never is kind, my evil mind
It won't let me find love with no-one
 
My brain, it has a mental disease
It hates me for being sick
My evil mind, it never is kind
If I could, I'd get better real quick
 
There isn't a pill that can cure me
Even shock therapy can't
It never is kind, my evil mind
I wake up and it starts on its rant
 
My brain, it makes me a pariah
Because it likes to be bad
My evil mind, it never is kind
Everyone thinks I like being mad
 
~Blooming Psycho~
 
 

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