In a realm of soothing rustle
cloaking me from life's true bustle
I sense wisdom of times gone by
truths now leave me with saddened sigh.
As forest greets the warmth of dawn
unto the light so swiftly drawn
tears of dewdrops now sunlit dry
truths now leave me with saddened sigh.
Showy colours of falling hue
shout out the time of ancient cues
for what was treasured by and by
truths now leave me with saddened sigh.
In a realm of soothing rustle
truths now leave me with saddened sigh.
Author notes
Prompt - Trees
Kyrielle Sonnet
A Kyrielle Sonnet consists of 14 lines (three rhyming quatrain stanzas and a non-rhyming couplet).
Just like the traditional Kyrielle poem, the Kyrielle Sonnet also has a repeating line or phrase as a
refrain (usually appearing as the last line of each stanza). Each line within the Kyrielle Sonnet
consists of only eight syllables. French poetry forms have a tendency to link back to the beginning
of the poem, so common practice is to use the first and last line of the first quatrain as the ending
couplet. This would also re-enforce the refrain within the poem. Therefore, a good rhyming scheme
for a Kyrielle Sonnet would be:
AabB, ccbB, ddbB, AB
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A contest entry
- Trees by Frodofan.
525 points, ended December 4, 2008, 10 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Nice use of the kyrielle. Very pretty. I'll have to read this one over again later to let it soak in. Thanks for entering.
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Beautiful and elegant words to describe nature so well and in a gorgeously executed Kyrielle Sonnet.
Best wishes in the contest.
Love Margaret
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Excellent
Oh my what a fantastic piece. Such a great use of form. Best of luck in the contest.
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Very effective the refrain "in a realm of soothing rustle.." evokes such great imagery.. Beautiful write
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100th Hoodwink!!!
Oh I think this a wonderful piece, incredible imagery! Trees really are so awesome, and the tales they could tell, if only they could talk...lol. Beautiful!
Best of luck in the contest!
Love & light
Debbera
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Poetryland
and the wonders of what a poets mind can relay in words. Ah yes the tree of life can be very tragic at times. Now if poets would only respond we could all be a little happier here on AP. lol
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