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Form of the Week - Kwoa Let Love In

Let Love In

When love is offered, regardless of how,
embrace with gratitude,
enjoy the glory, let it fill the now,
do not let it elude.
Savor the moment, the explosive POW!
Don't live in solitude,
even love's sharp claws, cautiously allow
because selflessness should
be the goal of every living being.
Loving another
is the ultimate gift. Pick up the plow
and clear the tangled wood
make room for giving
yourself, disavow
fear, be blessed and renewed.
                   ~~Judi Van Gorder

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15 lines
Inspired by "Form of the week: Kwoa?"  
Kwoa is a recently invented form by Max Kwoa that turns on only 2 rhymes.
The elements of the Kwoa are:

         1. a 15 line poem made up of 6 couplets followed by a tercet.
         2. syllabic, the first 4 couplets and the 6th couplet, L1 of each couplet is 10 syllables and L2 of each couplet is 6 syllables. The 5th couplet has a syllable count of 9-5. The tercet has a syllable count of 5-5-6.
         3. composed with the 10 syllable lines are broken by caesura midway.
         4. rhymed, rhyme scheme ab ab ab ab xx ab xab x is unrhymed
                   x x x x x, x x x x a
                   x x x x x b
                   x x x x x, x x x x a
                   x x x x x b
                   x x x x x- x x x x a
                   x x x x x b
                   x x x x x, x x x x a
                   x x x x x b
                   x x x x x x x x x
                   x x x x x
                   x x x x x, x x x x a
                   x x x x x b
                   x x x x x
                   x x x x a
                   x x x x x b