July Swing

My naive heartbeats echo an old song,

Last summer was a blissful page of glee,

The July swing has waited for so long,

I smile, for a joyous trip waits for me.

Last summer was a blissful page of glee,

I flew with the wind, the velvet caress,

I smile, for a joyous trip waits for me,

Oh! Wisps of violet adorned my dress.

I flew with the wind, the velvet caress,

Breezy aroma on my pink cheek, kissed,

Oh! Wisps of violet adorned my dress,

Flowers dancing to melody of mist.

Breezy aroma on my pink cheek, kissed,

The July swing has waited for so long,

Flowers dancing to melody of mist,

My naive heartbeats echo an old song.

This poem has been written using the pantoum rhyme scheme which is composed of a series of quatrains. Here the second and fourth lines of each stanza are repeated as the first and third lines of the next stanza. The pattern continues for any number of stanzas, except for the final stanza, which differs in the repeating pattern. The first and third lines of the last stanza are the second and fourth of the second last stanza; the first line of the poem is the last line of the final stanza, and the third line of the first stanza is the second of the final. Ideally, the meaning of lines shifts when they are repeated although the words remain exactly the same: this can be done by shifting punctuation. Also, sometimes the number of syllables used in each line is maintained. I have used 10 syllables per line in this one.