UNCOMMON POETIC FORMS — CETHRAMTU RANNAIGECHTA MOIRE
A Spectator Of Sport
Silent observations during a tennis match
Published in
Aug 15, 2021
Toss the ball
Serve for ace
Ball returned
Watch your pace.
Up a game
Not won yet
Stretch for shot,
Missed the net.
Green fuzz blurs
As I blink
Suspense builds,
With each swing.
Necks do turn
Shots go long
Line to line,
Rally on.
Wheezing hard
Beads of sweat
Start of end,
The final set.
Pour your soul
Run and fall
Tiebreaker
One for all.
Final point
Won today
Game, set, match.
Tears hit clay.
This is an example of Cethramtu Rannaigechta Moire, an Irish form of poetry consisting of quatrains with three syllables per line and end rhymes on lines two and four.
Written in response to “Uncommon poetic forms” by Somsubhra Banerjee.
Thank you, J.D. Harms and Scrittura readers for the platform and time.
