Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that uses repetition. You can repeat a word, or phrase. You can even repeat an image, perhaps slightly changing or enlarging it from stanza to stanza, to alter its meaning. There are (perhaps paradoxically) infinite possibilities in repetition.
Just when…
Just when everything seems right
Fate seems on your side
Your heart feels elated
There’s something,
something, that doesn’t seem so right
Just when you feel you’ve attained it all
Recognition seems a windfall
Victory follows your every step
There’s something,
something, that doesn’t seem so right
Just when your heart dances in love
Affection seems pouring everywhere
Your world cannot be happier
There’s something,
something, that doesn’t seem so right
©Vandana Bhasin
Beautifully penned
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