Monday, April 20, 2009

Poetry month -- Day 25 -- sort of

Today, I continue Chloe's story with a Quatrain -- a poem in four line stanza with a rhyming scheme, usually lines 2 and 4.

25 – Quatrain

Our new kitten needs a name.
Should we name her for her speckles?
Should we name her for her stripes?
Should we name her for her freckles?

How about her amber eyes,
Or the color of her fur?
How about her lighter feet,
Or the way she loves to purr?

Her markings are quite distinct.
Have you ever seen a kitten
That had a face quite like hers?
She looks like she’s Egyptian.

We should call her Cleopatra
After the Queen of the Nile.
It may not seem quite right now,
She’ll answer after a while.

Cleopatra is a name to long
For a scrawny cat, so we
Can call her Cleo for short.
Still wrong. How about Chloe?

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