List: Retourne

Retourne:
Like so many other French forms, the Retourne is all about repetition. It contains four quatrains (four-line stanzas), and each line has eight syllables. The trick is that the first stanza's second line must also be the second stanza's first line, the first stanza's third line is the third stanza's first, and the first stanza's fourth line is the fourth stanza's first. Retournes do not have to rhyme.

form source: shadowpoetry.com

• Lilith

  30 lines, 61 comments, on Jan 26 11:22 PM 2007. In Dark, retourne style
• Another Story

  Another Story
  Daily chronicle, damn that thing,

  23 lines, 10 comments, on Feb 1 10:55 AM 2007. In Society, Retourne style
• Safe in the Forest

  25 lines, 31 comments, on Feb 3 10:08 AM 2007. In Fantasy, retourne
• Crushed

  25 lines, 15 comments, on Feb 4 8:36 AM 2007. In retourne, Life
• a reason

  a reason
  pleading to God in my quest

  27 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 5 3:53 PM 2007. In Thoughts
• you are

  you are
  I smile as I breathe you in

  21 lines, 14 comments, on Feb 11 10:17 AM 2007. In Life, Love, Nature, retourne style
• the pianist

  22 lines, 12 comments, on Feb 12 10:27 PM 2007. In Thoughts
• Silent Goodnight

  20 lines, 24 comments, on Feb 25 2:13 PM 2007. In Fantasy, Personal, Thoughts
• Sir James the Good

  Sir James the Good
  .

  28 lines, 18 comments, on Mar 4 8:13 AM 2007. In Dedication
• The Prejudice Conspiracy

  Just when it all began, no really one knows
  The prejudice conspiracy

  21 lines, 9 comments, on Mar 25 12:55 PM 2007. In Life, Dark
• harbor light

  harbor light
  the lighthouse lends its guiding light

  21 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 7 1:31 AM 2007. In Life, Love, Thoughts
• Insomnia

  23 lines, 10 comments, on May 2 8:45 AM 2007. In Dark, Retourne
• Ice Dancers

  22 lines, 15 comments, on May 12 10:25 PM 2007. In Fantasy, Love, Retourne
• Laughing Passion

  21 lines, 10 comments, on May 24 1:06 AM 2007. In Dark, Adult, Retourne
• Silent Tomb

  Silent Tomb / Retourne

  21 lines, 10 comments, on May 27 9:08 AM 2007. In Life, Love, Retourne
• Mashed Potatoes in My Hair

  Childrens / Retourne

  22 lines, 23 comments, on Jun 19 10:10 AM 2007. In Childrens, Retourne
• Nectar of Love

  21 lines, 18 comments, on Jun 29 7:02 AM 2007. In Life, Adult
• Ambrosia

  Retourne / Mythology

  21 lines, 13 comments, on Jul 8 5:55 PM 2007. In Dark, Fantasy, Retourne, Mythology
• earthstar's place

  22 lines, 11 comments, on Jul 9 11:38 AM 2007. In Fantasy, Retourne
• Escalation

  Escalation / Retourne

  25 lines, 15 comments, on Jul 14 11:09 AM 2007. In Love, Retourne
• The Guf

  The Guf / Retourne
  

  20 lines, 9 comments, on Jul 16 9:09 AM 2007. In Spiritual, Love, Retourne
• My name is Leonardo

  Retourne with end rhyme

  21 lines, 14 comments, on Jul 23 2:36 PM 2007. In Satire, Weird, Retourne
• Color Outside the Lines

  You can do what you want to do
  don’t color outside of the lines

  21 lines, 14 comments, on Feb 28 10:10 PM 2007. In Life
• Mairi Queen of Scotts

  21 lines, 23 comments, on Aug 2 9:16 AM 2007. In Fantasy, Love, Retourne
• Abortion

  19 lines, 75 comments, on Aug 6 12:18 PM 2007. In Society, Dark, Abuse
• conscious submission

  21 lines, 18 comments, on Aug 24 11:27 AM 2007. In Love, Spiritual, Retourne
• Liberty

  21 lines, 11 comments, on Sep 17 7:51 AM 2007. In Humor, Retourne:
• Letter to my Angel

  21 lines, 21 comments, on Sep 22 7:53 AM 2007. In Life, Love, Retourne
• Dawn

  21 lines, 15 comments, on Oct 23 3:33 PM 2007. In Life, Thoughts, Retourne
• Dancing

  19 lines, 17 comments, on Nov 10 10:15 PM 2007. In Longing, Romance, Retourne
• The Amulet

  21 lines, 13 comments, on Jan 1 7:00 AM 2008. In Thoughts, Other, Retourne
• To My Valentine

  21 lines, 37 comments, on Jan 28 11:11 AM 2008. In Love, Retourne
• Girlfriends

  19 lines, 12 comments, on Feb 3 4:17 PM 2008. In Sad, Retourne
• Drifting

  21 lines, 24 comments, on Feb 27 2:59 AM 2008. In Love, Retourne
• Tower of Babel

  19 lines, 24 comments, on Mar 6 5:47 PM 2008. In Society, Dark, Retourne
• Together Forever

  19 lines, 12 comments, on May 13 11:00 PM 2008. In Sad, Love, Life, Retourne
• She Learned to Dance

  19 lines, 18 comments, on May 19 11:57 AM 2008. In dedication, admiration, Retourne
• wedding reception

  Retourne

  19 lines, 17 comments, on May 26 2:56 AM 2008. In Dark, Angst, Retourne
• Moonlit Stroll

  Retourne
  Rhyming Retourne with internal rhyme

  21 lines, 22 comments, on Jun 18 9:45 AM 2008. In Life, Love, Thoughts, Retourne
• Favorite Things

  19 lines, 24 comments, on Sep 4 12:43 PM 2008. In Spiritual, Thoughts
• hush

  20 lines, 21 comments, on Apr 13 3:18 AM. In Society, Sad

• By me, right now

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