Lucky Dip – Saturday Mix, 31 December 2022

Welcome to the Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip, 31 December 2022!

For this week’s Lucky Dip, I have reached into my mystery bag and pulled out a Memento. The topic is up to you!

You may be thinking to yourself, What on earth is Memento?

Luckily, Shadow Poetry has an explanation…

Memento

Memento, created by Emily Romano is a poem about a holiday or an anniversary, consisting of two stanzas as follows: the syllable count should be 8 beats for line one; 6 beats for line two; and two beats for line three. This is repeated twice for each stanza. The rhyme scheme is: a/b/c/a/b/c for each of the two stanzas.

Example

Sky Flowers

Circumference unlimited
As flowers in the sky
Expand;
We stand in awe, inhibited,
As bright explosives fly
From land.

July wears flowers in the sky
Spreading above the town
In flight;
We stand in awe, ready to cry
Aloud as they resound
This night.

Copyright © 2007 Emily Romano

Good luck with your ‘Lucky Dip Memento’ – I can’t wait to see what you come up with! Don’t forget to tag ‘Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’, ‘Saturday Mix’, and hashtag #LuckyDip.

As always, make sure you link your fabulous creation to the helpful Mister Linky.