Cliff Hanger

Have you ever wondered why
half the stories we love to hear
have excitement hanging on the sly
hovering when the end is near.

All story tellers know the trick
and use it to the full.
Around the world and back so quick
at the tellers feet we lull.

Long after Scheherazade her
long stories she did tell,
left the King waiting for another
lest her blood might spill.

On the TV and the movie screen
or even written in a book
opens a world we've never seen
our cliff hanger holds the hook.

Form: Trolaan
Trolaan, created by Valerie Peterson Brown, is a poem consisting of 4 quatrains.
Each quatrain begins with the same letter. The rhyme scheme is abab.

Starting with the second stanza you use the second letter of the first line of the first
stanza to write the second each line beginning with that letter.

On the third stanza you will use the second letter on the first line of the second stanza
and write the third each line beginning with that letter.

On the fourth stanza you will use the second letter on the first line of the third stanza
and write the fourth each line beginning with that letter.