A Steep Slide (a Musette)

Recently Ryan Stone [https://daysofstone.wordpress.com/] introduced me to a new poem format Musette, and today I am presenting my first attempt at writing a Musette.
“Musette” 
three verses 
first line – 2 syllables 
second line – 4 syllables 
third line – 2 syllables 
rhyme scheme – a/b/a c/d/c e/f/e 
title reflects poems content 


A Steep Slide (a Musette)




I creep

Down the steep slide

I weep


Betrayed

I hide and shake

Afraid


I crawl

Away from shame

And bawl






Ivor Steven (c) September 2022

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G'day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I'm an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for 30 years, who suffered from severe MS. I Write poetry about those personal thoughts, throughout and beyond my life as a Carer. I've been blogging for over 2 years, and writing poems for 19 years. Of course a lot of my poems are about my favourite subject Carole, but since I've been blogging my writings have become quite varied, humourous, mystical, observational, and even a few monster/horror poems.

35 thoughts on “A Steep Slide (a Musette)”

    1. Thank you Colleen .. I was keenly waiting for your response .. I actually surprised myself with how good the poem turned out .. and I have just submitted the poem to Spillwords Magazine 📖📕🤗💕📒

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  4. AW. 😦 A heart-touching, powerful poem, Ivor!
    And such a beautiful musette! Way to conquer a new poetry form! 🙂
    (((HUGS))) 🙂 🐧❤️
    PS…it wouldn’t let me play the song/vid. What song is it? I’ll look it up on youtube! 🙂

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    1. Oh that’s strange .. it’s Simon and Garfunkel’s ‘Slip Sliding Away’ … and I linked my Musette back to Ryan Stone and he was very impressed with my effort ..⭐️⭐️.. so I’m very pleased with myself … more good news 🗞 .. my “Tullawalla” books are landing on my front door tomorrow 🤗💕🌏📘

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