Practicing Lament: The French Pantoum

Practicing Lament: The French Pantoum

Stanza 1:

Line 1: Who I know God to be right now:

Line 2: The cause of my lament—why I cry out:

Line 3: What the situation makes me feel about God:

Line 4: What I long to see happen in the situation:

Stanza 2:

Line 5 (repeat of line 2 in stanza 1):

Line 6 (new line):

Line 7 (repeat of line 4 in stanza 1):

Line 8 (new line):

Stanza 3

Line 9 (repeat line 6 of stanza 2):

Line 10 (repeat line 3 of the first stanza):

Line 11 (repeat line 8 of stanza 2):

Line 12 (repeat line 1 of the first stanza):