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A Writer's Challenge Rondel Prime

By D. J. ReddallPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
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If from machines we learn to write

We will cease to create at all

In repetition we will stall

And generate cliches most trite

Machines have counterfeit insight

Created by their quick recall

If from machines we learn to write

We will cease to create at all

To preserve writing’s real delight

Spurn mechanical falderal:

Be sure your work’s original

And shows imagination’s might

If from machines we learn to write

We will cease to create at all

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This is an attempt to create a "rondel supreme" or "rondel prime," in which the refrain is repeated a final time and therefore generates a fourteenth line, in response to this ingenious, Writer's Challenge:

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D. J. Reddall

I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.

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    Written by D. J. Reddall