Time to Write a Poem

April 7 Living Still

Living Still

To Jerusalem City, I have come,
my sole mission is one of love and hope.
I seek to encounter the Holy One
and I'm advised He's just up this steep slope
Golgotha, guided by a misanthrope.
Diverse crowds have gathered, some scream, some cry.
There He hangs on a cross ready to die.
His life taught so much, His death will teach more.
I kneel in grief and gratitude. Here's why,
His life through me, I embrace to the core.
                             ~~Judi Van Gorder


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10 Lines
Entered: Poet's Forum for Monthly Contest "The winner of this month and subject of the month."  
Prompted by "Re: April 7 Poem--thanks"  
Prompted by "Form of the week: Dizain"  
Killing three birds with one stone.

Verse Form: Dizain, a single Ballade Supreme stanza without envoy.
         1. A decastich, a poem in 10 lines.
         2. Lines of 8 or 10 syllables each
         3. Turned on 4 rhymes, rhyme scheme ababbccdcd.