Shadow-Tango...a Skeltonic Poem

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Poetic Blooming Challenge; Skeltonic Poem

 Skeltonic verse is named after the poet John Skelton (1460-1529).   It consists of short rhyming lines that just sort of flow on from one rhyme to the next for however long one chooses.  Skeltonic verse generally averages less than six words per line.  The challenge is to keep short rhymes moving down the page, in an energetic and engaging way.

It is no small thing

When our pulses sing

As we absorb the thing

That thrills our souls

Filling us completely

And ever so sweetly

Fitting quite neatly

Into life’s little holes

For pleasure as this

Is a rare sort of bliss

A soft, sudden kiss

As it leaps from its place

Rousing desire

And fanning a fire

Its passion leaps higher

As its lines we trace

For the movement of quill

As it curves to the will

And the want of the thrill

Is an intimate dance

A tango of blood

A heart and mind flood

Oft misunderstood

By the hurrying crowd

But oh, ecstasy

When it’s just you and me

The poet; the poetry

I smile out loud

© Janet Martin