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Originally posted by Janice D. Soderling:
The rubliw is a form invented by Richard Wilbur, called the Epistle and he exemplifies it thus :
Rubliw for Dana Gioia
Dear Dan-
a, in the main,
A rubliw is a skein
Of monorhymes making a chain
To this point that's formally a cinquain,
But then the lines, like a train
Losing cars, refrain
And start to wane
Again.
(My italics and boldfacing.) The form is all messed up becaue I have forgotten how to insert white spaces to indent. But if you have the book (everybody reading this has the book!) you will see the correct indentation and also a diagram.
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I don't have the book, but if it is just the white spaces I will guess how they look. Does it have to be a letter?
Here's an attempt. I introduced internal rhyme on the first foot since the monorhyme at the end seemed too strong.
Last Thoughts on Leaving Her Today
He'll go,
Then guys will flow
With hips that help lust grow.
The breeze beneath her skirt will blow.
With ease hands search on skin, above, below,
Since she's revealing what they'd know.
Soft lips move wet and slow,
And eyes will show
Love so.