Variations on a Theme

A new day dawns
and brings with it a new set of challenges
a new opportunity for success
another chance for defeat
out of which new triumph may grow—
the day is new
but the theme is old
old as earth
old as time

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Scansion:
Quadrille
a poem written in exactly 44 words
free verse or rhymed, at poet’s discretion