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Let’s Go Out To Play

A Stornello Poem

By Calvin LondonPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
Let’s Go Out To Play
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Hip, hip, hooray, it is time for us to play,

We should go outside on this beautiful day,

Maybe chasey, hide-and-seek — what do you say?

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[Author's note: The Stornello (plural: Stornelli) is a poem with 3-line stanzas. Each line has 11 syllables, and all three lines in the stanza rhyme(ish). The second line can be a *slant rhyme.

This form of lyric poetry is said to have originated in Tuscany, Italy, as improvised entertainment performed by singers in a tavern. One singer would improvise a Stornello, and the second person would respond with their own improvised Stornello.

I think of them as Haiku poems in steroids!]

Till next time,

Calvin

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Calvin London

I write fiction, non-fiction and poetry about all things weird and wonderful, past and present. Life is full of different things to spark your imagination. All you have to do is embrace it - join me on my journey.

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    Written by Calvin London