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Last month, Colleen asked Lisa, the VerseSmith to select a syllabic form for us to learn more about. Her choice was the lanturne or lanterne. Colleen says:”The lanturne is a kind of shape poetry. Many say it originated from Japan, but I found no evidence to support that claim.”
The lanturne is a five-line verse shaped like a Japanese lantern with a syllabic pattern of one, two, three, four, one. (1, 2, 3, 4, 1).
This week, write a lanturne poem or a series of lanturne poems. Oh(A series gets you extra credit, by the way). The only thing I ask is that you do not use “ing” ending words to satisfy the word count.
FAST FACTS
Wikipedia.org shares:
“A lanterne is a cinquain form of poetry, in which the first line has one syllable and each subsequent line increases in length by one syllable, except for the final line that concludes the poem with one syllable (1-2-3-4-1). Its name derives from the lantern shape that appears when the poem is aligned to the center of the page.
Each line of the lanterne is able to stand on its own, and while the poem may or may not be given a title, the title of a lanterne sometimes functions as an integral part of the poem, working as a ‘sixth’ line.”
Wikipedia.org.
You can find more facts a Colleen’s page as well as comments and entries here at Colleen’s Tuesday Tanka Challenge.
I have chosen Death as the theme and I have written a series of lanturne poems.

Death
Comes to
All. None can
Excede their time
No.
Death
Has no
Comforter
He stands alone
Spurned
Death
His sythe
In hand waits
Black cloak wrapped tight
Cold
Death
Turns your
Hour glass
Your time is up
Gone
Death
Patient
In no rush
Time on his side
Wins
.
Jul 12, 2022 @ 11:18:31
Well done, Sis!
Jul 12, 2022 @ 12:00:04
Thank you Sis 💜💜
Jul 12, 2022 @ 13:29:34
Brilliantly penned, Willow.
Jul 12, 2022 @ 13:41:40
Thank you Eugenia
Jul 12, 2022 @ 23:02:39
You’re welcome, Willow!
Jul 13, 2022 @ 03:40:24
💜💜💜
Jul 12, 2022 @ 21:40:14
Chilling and true, Willow.
Jul 13, 2022 @ 03:40:08
Thank you D.L. that’s how I see it 💜
Jul 13, 2022 @ 02:15:44
Those are wonderful! Chilling as well. 🙂
Jul 13, 2022 @ 03:37:57
Thank you Lisa they were interesting to try. 💜
Jul 13, 2022 @ 07:06:45
Amazing and chilling sequence of lanturnes.
Jul 13, 2022 @ 08:22:43
Thank you so much
Jul 13, 2022 @ 21:11:41
Very well done, Madam!
Jul 13, 2022 @ 20:10:57
Thank you 💜💜
Jul 13, 2022 @ 20:36:38
🧡🧡
Jul 14, 2022 @ 09:36:17
Always lurking. (K)
Jul 14, 2022 @ 10:41:59
Yes indeed 💜
Jul 14, 2022 @ 20:18:10
Nicely done – no escape.
Jul 14, 2022 @ 19:41:39
Absolutely none !
Jul 16, 2022 @ 23:15:20
That was fantastic, Willow! 🙂
Jul 17, 2022 @ 05:07:45
Thank you 💜💜
Jul 17, 2022 @ 08:08:46
Willow, this is so good… I would only add that death is not always spurned – that’s something I’ve been thinking a lot about over the past several years.
Much love,
David
Jul 17, 2022 @ 07:12:42
Yes David I guess I should have put in a verse about him being a welcome visitor but generally he gets a bad press 💜
Jul 17, 2022 @ 07:29:49
❤
Jul 17, 2022 @ 16:51:16
Dark truths in this lanturne series, Willow. You nailed it! ❤
Jul 17, 2022 @ 16:51:48
Thank you Colleen 💜
Jul 19, 2022 @ 00:04:13
Weighty message, beautiful verse. Well done, Willow.
Jul 19, 2022 @ 02:57:31
Thank you Gwen o