List: Swap Quatrain

Swap Quatrain:
Each stanza in the poem must be a quatrain (four lines) where the first line is reversed in the fourth line. In addition, line 2 must rhyme with line 1, and line 3 must rhyme with line 4 and so on, BUT not repeat the same rhyming pattern on subsequent stanzas.
Rhyming patterns: AABB, CCDD, or ABAB, CDCD and so on.
The Swap Quatrain was created by Lorraine M. Kanter.

• The Stalker

  36 lines, 36 comments, on Apr 2 5:18 PM 2007. In Dark, Adult
• Terpsichore

  26 lines, 35 comments, on Mar 21 10:14 AM 2007. In Creative, Emotions, Feelings, Imagery, Thoughts, swap quatrain
• Exhumed

  Exhumed
  The mist was thick; you could cut it with a knife

  38 lines, 13 comments, on Apr 23 12:25 PM 2007. In Dark, Swap Quatrain
• Angel Earth, Earth Angel

  Angel Earth, Earth Angel

  30 lines, 12 comments, on Apr 30 10:43 AM 2007. In Spiritual, Thoughts, Sad
• He Watches Me

  He Watches Me form the cliffs

  21 lines, 33 comments, on May 4 8:03 AM 2007. In Spiritual, Thoughts, Swap Quatrain
• silent terror

  silent terror / Swap Quatrain

  25 lines, 20 comments, on Jul 19 7:39 PM 2007. In Dark, Thoughts, Swap Quatrain
• Floral Submission

  24 lines, 23 comments, on Jul 30 9:05 AM 2007. In Erotica, Adult
• Soul Wanders

  26 lines, 11 comments, on Aug 23 10:34 AM 2007. In Dark, Fantasy, Swap Quatrain
• Another World

  21 lines, 9 comments, on Sep 1 3:55 PM 2007. In Dark, Swap Quatrain
• Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

  28 lines, 21 comments, on Sep 8 5:00 PM 2007. In Swap Quatrain, Life, Spiritual, Thoughts
• I Love the Fall

  Swap Quatrain

  27 lines, 14 comments, on Sep 15 11:25 AM 2007. In Dark, Swap Quatrain
• His Kingdom

  21 lines, 13 comments, on Sep 20 11:00 AM 2007. In Spiritual, Swap Quatrain
• Sleeping Beneath

  26 lines, 15 comments, on Nov 3 1:04 PM 2007. In Contemporary, Thoughts, Swap Quatrain
• Tears of Sorrow

  26 lines, 13 comments, on Dec 12 8:29 AM 2007. In Sad, Thoughts, Swap Quatrain
• Deep Fantasy

  26 lines, 31 comments, on Dec 12 12:20 PM 2007. In Fantasy, Love, Swap Quatrain
• Catwoman

  31 lines, 14 comments, on Jan 9 4:48 PM 2008. In Fantasy, Swap Quatrain
• Broken Chains

  Modified Swap Quatrain

  21 lines, 20 comments, on May 6 8:42 AM 2008. In Life, Love, Modified Swap Quatrain
• Basic Black

  21 lines, 19 comments, on May 27 6:25 PM 2008. In Dark, Sad, Thoughts
• Three Day Warning

  21 lines, 27 comments, on Aug 17 9:58 AM 2008. In Life, Nature
• Are Goodbyes Forever?

  34 lines, 12 comments, on Sep 16 9:01 AM 2008. In Thoughts, Life
• The Wake

  Swap Quatrain

  19 lines, 12 comments, on Sep 25 3:26 PM 2008. In Dark, Thoughts, Sad
• Paper Birds

  21 lines, 21 comments, on Nov 10 7:00 AM 2008. In Fantasy, Thoughts
• Wiccan Chant of Power

  Swap Quatrain

  22 lines, 15 comments, on Feb 6 2:18 PM. In Dark
• A Fairy’s Strength

  22 lines, 13 comments, on Feb 27 8:49 AM. In Fantasy
• Architecture

  Swap Quatrain

  19 lines, 21 comments, on Jul 30 8:50 AM. In Thoughts, Art, Poetry

• By me, right now

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