New Classic Poems – Contemporary Verse That Rhymes

New Classic Poems
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Author’s note: A ballade is not to be confused with a ballad. There are three 8-line stanzas rhyming ababbcbC, followed by a 4-line envoi
rhyming bcbC. The capital C's stand for a refrain which is used to end each stanza. The envoi of a ballade is customarily used to address a
patron. Today, however, it is frequently addressed to Prince, generally understood to be the Prince of Darkness. Most ballades are either
in iambic tetrameter or iambic pentameter.
The Ballade of the Bulge
Anne Maarit Ghan
I'm getting fat, this is no lie.
I wish by eating I'd weigh less.
By looking for an alibi
I try to hide my foolishness.
It seems my lack of willingness
to use control with food and drink
Is bringing me to great distress.
It's pushing me towards the brink.
Alas, I do identify
myself with those who so obsess
about their need to satisfy
a hunger that is limitless.
Where is the pill that can suppress
an urge so huge (at least I think)
It wins the lead in viciousness;
It's pushing me towards the brink.
I follow fads, because I try
to learn to cut away excess.
The books on dieting I buy
but reading them brings no success,
instead a fearful emptiness.
My future seems as black as ink.
My choice does not yield happiness.
It's pushing me towards the brink.
Prince, you're behind this loneliness
that makes me drown, that makes me sink.
It seems no power I possess.
You're pushing me towards the brink.
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