Redondilla...

Quietly Waits

Lines upon the brow take one from

a weary place of loneliness

eyes lost their glow and are now glum

for the one who is now homeless

Turn of events leave one alone

struggle to find their place of new

body sleeps in a place not known

prays dream now is not coming true

Empty and lost of wage and home

walking the streets cold and alone

dirty and crumbled one does roam

seeks a new found beautiful throne

Quietly waits - are his prayers heard?

Ones cold cries call to his Savior

longing to hear His promised word

please forgive sinful behavior

- Rhoda Galgiani

Redondilla Poetry Form -
• syllabic, usually written in 8 syllable lines
• stanzaic, written in any number of quatrains
• rhymed, most common rhyme scheme abba
• Redondilla Stanza is one of the most popular Castillian stanzas

since the 16th century. Apparently experimentation with the form

by Ezra Pound brought about a resurgence in popularity in the
20^th century - is a Spanish poetry form...rg