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.

A Fall Walk

Falling leaves a rain of red and gold, neon colored and diverse shaped floating, gliding gently into piles. I pull my hoodie over my head. The air is icy, the wind creeping into all the places not bundled in soft fleece, pulling at me with unseen fingers. Where the heck are my gloves? My walk home stretches before me, the houses shut up, the grass sere and brown, the ferns on the porch long dead. Why are there rotten pumpkins on the steps?

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Tedi Zimmermann

I was a professional singer, vocal instructor,and arts administrator for decades. I retired and decided to pick up my creative writing and began taking classes at a local university. I have published in several anthologies. Creativity is ageless!