The Wait

The quintilla is a Spanish poetic form that, as you may have guessed from the name, uses five-line stanzas. Here are the guidelines:

- Five-line stanzas. - Eight syllables per line. - An ab rhyme scheme in which at least two lines use the “a” rhyme and at least two lines use the “b” rhyme… - But the stanza cannot end with a rhyming couplet. As such, these are the possible rhyme pattern variations:

- abaab, ababa, abbab, aabab, aabba Writer’s Digest, Robert Lee Brewer

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“The Wait”

I sure hate a wait, I sure do

Especially a wait for grands

My children do not have a clue

Missing them, and I feel so blue

I just have to sit on my hands

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Son and granddaughter are here soon

I can’t wait, and please don’t be late

I am guessing it will be noon

Later, and that I will sure hate

It feels like they are from the moon

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Basketball games for two grands yet

I will be waiting in the stands

One Eight and one nine-year-old grands

playing BB ball, which I get

to watch without any demands

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The kids’ games are every weekend

I am always glad when they end

A short season is always best

I wish basketball was my friend

Never been and I do not jest

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So, I will spend my time watching

I suppose I could be skating

I’d rather not and I am glad

waiting for a girl and her dad

Did I say, I hate this waiting

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P.S. I tried all rhyme pattern variations in one Quintilla. Also, I changed the cover photo as I already used that photo a year ago for another piece on cancer.

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First published by Write Under the Moon medium.com.