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Aditus' prompts and circumstances - 15. Poetry Prompt 6 - Elegy: My Uncle
The prompt: write your own set of four-lined Elegy stanzas. The theme is 'Remember,' and I encourage all of you to submit your work to Irri for the spring anthology. Keep the rhyme pattern a-b-b-a, use as many stanzas as you like, but maintain a consistent 8-syllable line. Play with it; your poem does not have to be about death or loss, just remembrance.
My Uncle
My uncle was huge as a house,
and his boots looked as big as whales.
His hands were as large as sails,
when he picked up his little mouse.
We used to stuff clay pots with straw,
put them upside down on a stick.
Saved his dahlias with this trick,
and the earwigs learned nature’s law.
For me he sang ‘Hänschen klein’.
For me he made chamomile tea.
Said the broken cup that was he.
Took the blame, although it was mine.
I looked out the window, it rained
in my heart, outside it was spring.
My first lost was an everything.
But today I know he remained.
This poem is about my great uncle Ewald. He passed away when I was five.
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