From window bay she looks out towards morning
light. Sun rays illuminate pale blue wooden
cladding. Bent forward in desperate longing,
she seeks relief from her worries. Chiming ten
the clock is unheard by the woman leaning,
scanning beach and beyond urgently searching
for her son’s return.She discerns no footstep
nor boy coming with wet net dragging to drop.
I have been reading about John Berryman and Robert Lowell on the Cape and looking at photographs of this interesting location. Next day, after trying to write this fairly simple verse form I came across an article about the topicality of Edward Hopper in The Guardian and this can be seen at https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/mar/27/we-are-all-edward-hopper-paintings-now-artist-coronavirus-age
Details of the Italian form Rispetto can be found along with other simple fotms at
https://owlcation.com/humanities/10-Types-of-Short-Poetic-Forms
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