Streambed’s Ripple a form created by Lisa Morris known as Streambed on Allpoetry.com
It is:
Stanzaic: Written in 3 ten line stanzas
Syllabic: 10/8/10/8/10/10/10/8/10/8
Refrain: Requires the last half of L5 to repeat in each stanza
Rhymed: xaxaBbxaxa xcxcBbxcxc xdxdBbxdxd
Metric: Written in iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter
Example poem
Love’s Corset (Streambed’s Ripple)
For centuries we have believed
the attributes of form
as they relate to motherhood
ought be considered norm.
So bind yourself with stays and lace
before you paint or rouge your face.
For parturition hips must be
expanded, round and warm.
The breasts to suckle one or more
are ample to conform.
are ample to conform.
A standard then however wrought
in western cultures seem
to drive the fashion engines to
promote this female scheme.
So women then with stays and lace
constrict themselves so men will chase.
But girls have found and boys have too
that essence reigns supreme,
and being kind and being true
is what will fuel love’s dream.
is what will fuel love’s dream.
Once one is found to share your heart,
then regulate your mind
and recognize that devotion
provides the stays that bind.
I’ll bind my love with stays and lace
to make sure romance stays in place
and corset non-complying thoughts
and set them far behind.
For nothing fits the human soul
like lovers so aligned.
like lovers so aligned.
© Lawrencealot – April 19, 2014
