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A Catena Rondo Challenge

A Milkeydred Dollar Prompt For All Vocal Creators From A Suggestion By Calvin London

By Mike Singleton πŸ’œ Mikeydred Published 3 months ago β€’ Updated 2 months ago β€’ 1 min read
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Introduction

This was suggested by Calvin London. This will run til the last day of November, and five random dollar tips will be awarded to five random Catena Rondo poems that are posted in the comments with a link to this piece in your poem.

The challenge is simply to write a Catena Rondo

This is the form:

Here's how to write a catena rondo:

  • The poem is comprised of a variable number of quatrains
  • Each quatrain has a rhyme pattern of AbbA
  • The first line of each quatrain is also the final line of the quatrain
  • The second line of each quatrain is the first line of the next quatrain
  • The final quatrain should repeat the first quatrain word for word

Some examples:

The music is "Blue Rondo Γ  la Turk" by Dave Brubeck, a favourite of mine with the "Rondo" connection.

This is now closed. These are the four entries that we got for the dollar tip.

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  • Diane Foster2 months ago

    Thank you for the tip, appreciated as always!

  • Cristal S.3 months ago

    Hey! Here is my first ever Catena Rondo. It somehow just started flowing in this direction, and I ended up connecting it with another challenge. If you don’t accept entries that are also submitted elsewhere, please consider this comment just a thank-you for introducing me to this form. I really enjoyed working on it! 😊 https://todaysurvey.life/poets/harvested-moments-with-granny%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">

  • Diane Foster3 months ago

    I have to confess I am not a fan of rhyming poetry, and this was a difficult challenge, but I do enjoy learning new things! https://todaysurvey.life/poets/kippers-and-castle-keys%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">

  • Denise E Lindquist3 months ago

    Love it!!πŸ’– The music is great.πŸ˜ŠπŸ’•

  • Susan FourtanΓ© 3 months ago

    This is very interesting, Mike! I was not familiar with the Catena Rondo form. I read Calvin's CR poem and liked it very much. I might try this form myself. :)

  • Mark Graham3 months ago

    This would make a great assignment for a college Poetry course. Good job.

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