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Jack in box, jumping puss on bed,
Soft clicking of the ball pen head!
A mystery for every kid
What made them act the way they did.

Then with age the knowledge comes in,
Gathering what’s hidden within.
Mysteries vanish in back stage,
Oh these pains of growing age!

Sharmishtha basu
27.5.11

Form Rispetto ~ A Rispetto an Italian form which is a complete poem of two rhyming quatrains abab ccdd. Syllable count is 8 per line

NOTE: I SOMETIMES FEEL THAT WE WRITERS SHOULD ADD A LINE OR TWO AFTER THE POEM TO EXPLAIN THE IDEA/FEELING HIDDEN BEHIND THE POEM.

I TOO READ THE POEM AFTER JOHN QUERIED, I SO AGREE WITH HIM, THE MEANING IS INCOHERENT WITHOUT THE IDEA BEHIND THE POEM.

WELL, I WROTE IT FOR A THEME, “SPRING” NOT THE WEATHER, THE SPRING IN BALL PEN, TOYS ETC.

I HOPE THE POEM IS CRYSTAL CLEAR NOW :)