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How to pan a toum

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vroom, zoom
how do you write a pantoum?
boom, doom
watch that task loom

how do you write a pantoum?
first you set up the lines
watch that task loom
then find the rhymes

first you set up the lines
as many stanzas as you need
then find the rhymes
odds and evens, very neat

as many stanzas as you need
but end ties back to start.
odds and evens, very neat,
watching line length would be smart

but end ties back to start
and each to the one preceding.
watching line length would be smart
but it's not a rule, we're conceding

and each to the one preceding
even lines become odd.
but it's not a rule, we're conceding,
for the whole to have a plot

even lines become odd
except the last stanza is flipped
for the whole to have a plot
poor first stanza must be tripped!

except the last stanza is flipped,
closing the circle of thought.
poor first stanza must be tripped,
we're quite overwrought.

closing the circle of thought:
only with love will it bloom.
we're quite overwrought
that's how you write a pantoum

only with love will it bloom
boom, doom
that's how you write a pantoum!
vroom zoom
Silliness which tickles even more by being, I think and hope ;) a complete and correct instruction.

If you prefer clarity, you might try this tutorial: shokuga tutorial by haijinik :iconhaijinik:.

Edit: While I learned of the form by way of the shokuga, Haijinik pointed out that he actually has a pantoum tuturial: pantoum tutorial. Please don't tell him I never noticed! :blush: ;) :blush:
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