My Don Quixote

[Tinker]

My Don Quixote

Why do I keep charging windmills?
Rebuking ills.
What creates my craving to try?
Asking why.
When will the urgency dispel?
Hunger quell.
Citizens clashing where I dwell.
Injustice spikes issues in the news.
Friends, family sport different views
Rebuking ills, asking why, hunger quell.
                                ~~Judi Van Gorder

Ovillejo

[dcmarti1]

Definitely like the reuse of the short lines as the last line. Great choice of subject.

[Tinker]

Thanks Marti, A new form Badge found.  Not exactly new, the first Ovillejo was included in Cervantes original Don Quixote.  It was fun to write.

~~Tink

[badger11]

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Why do I keep charging windmills?
Rebuking ills.

I thought you may play. Very much like that opening.

badge

[Tinker]

Thanks badge and thanks for the find.

~~Tink

[tonyv]

This one's tight, Judi. It's very present day, and the turmoil is not unfamiliar. There's a realistic balance between the theoretical (the "windmills," the "views") and the practical (the hunger).

Tony

[Tinker]

Thanks again Tony.   These forms take on a life of their own once you start writing.   

~~Judi