The sea whispered incantations to me
as my tired soul got high and free.
I remember the moon waved goodbye.
My thorny heart did dream and sigh.
Voices quietened, silence all around,
my aching body anchored on the ground.
A tender peace enveloped the cloudy sky.
My thorny heart did dream and sigh.
I closed my eyes in a beautiful trance,
murmuring words as the world did dance.
Something opened fast my third eye.
My thorny heart did dream and sigh.
I saw a light embracing my weary soul,
renewing me again, making me whole.
I will never forget that Fourth of July.
My thorny heart did dream and sigh.
Karla Bardanza
A Kyrielle is a French form of rhyming poetry written in quatrains (a stanza consisting of 4 lines), and each quatrain contains a repeating line or phrase as a refrain (usually appearing as the last line of each stanza). Each line within the poem consists of only eight syllables. There is no limit to the amount of stanzas a Kyrielle may have, but three is considered the accepted minimum.
Some popular rhyming schemes for a Kyrielle are: aabB, ccbB, ddbB, with B being the repeated line, or abaB, cbcB, dbdB.
Mixing up the rhyme scheme is possible for an unusual pattern of: axaZ, bxbZ, cxcZ, dxdZ, etc. with Z being the repeated line.
The rhyme pattern is completely up to the poet.
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