COMPETITION PROMPT

Write a poem in ‘revorto’ form.

A reverto poem uses couplets that alternate between one highly poetic and one very unpoetic line. The form is meant to jar the reader from a sense of poetic beauty to something other.

To Love is to Lie

***note to reader: read whole poem, then the first line of each couplet, then the second line of each couplet***


My love, I've been waiting to tell you

I'm not sure what to do.



that your loyal gaze is all I need, yet

I am so damn full of greed



I yearn for your love and touch.

and it just gives me such a rush.



I dream of only you at night and

I know it wasn't right, but



I muse on what could be.

please just stay with me.












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