Dating from the Middle Ages the Kyrielle was once a very popular French form. Written in quatrains with the last line of each quatrains as a refrain. Each line consists of eight syllables.
The rhyme scheme is
aabB ccbB ddbB and so on
Example
Jamie’s Song by JezzieG
We walked through the gilded gateway
Towards the moonlit castle keep
Without a word, nothing to say
Here where the black-winged dragons sleep
As silent as Death’s last whisper
We slowly move in the night creep
The night singed, her breath crisper
Here where the black-winged dragons sleep
And we fall to our knees inside
The door before her eyes can weep
In silver light no place to hide
Here where the black-winged dragons sleep
The moon sparkles upon her wings
The power of flight within their sweep
And we tremble over these things
Here where the black-winged dragons sleep
The fear that on our tongues we taste
In saline sweetness feel it seep
Like dark-robed children we make haste
Here where the black-winged dragons sleep
Too late! Leathered lids slowly rise
The flames of amber start to leap
In her eyes, her welcoming eyes
Here where the black-winged dragons sleep
Our time has come at last tonight
The dragon children cannot weep
But now must spread their wings in flight
Here where the black-winged dragons sleep
I adore Dragon story’s Jez
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Written when my eldest was a wee toddler – he’s now 37. I think it’s the oldest write I have from early stuff
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Wow you started a long time ago Jez .. my earliest poems are from 20 years ago 🤗📘🌏
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I used to write “poems” for my granny when I was a kid – don’t have any of those but that is probably a good thing
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Well done my friend
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Reblogged this on A Garret Poet.
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