Write a Wrapped Refrain
Poetry Contest
The Wrapped Refrain, created by Jan Turner, consists of 2 or more stanzas of 6 lines each.
Meter: 8,8,8,8,12,12 and Rhyme Scheme: a,a,b,b,c,c.
Refrain rule: In each stanza the first 4 syllables (or 4 single-syllable words) in the first line must be the last 4 syllables (or 4 single-syllable words) at the end of the last line. This is what wraps each stanza with a repeated refrain ...thus, the Wrapped Refrain.
As an example of the form, this is from my own collection:
You Came Too Late
You came too late, this love of mine,
when I was nearing the Divine,
above the by-gone human shores
and all the ones that I adored.
Your light, so blinding, meant to be the torch of fate --
Alas, by then I was far gone - you came too late...
There is still hope - just follow me
to where our spirits will be free,
where sky the color of sapphire
will heal our minds and ease the ire.
Where dreams, so daring, overcome the highest slope
Come with me to the Eden's den - there is still hope.
copyright @ 12/25/2008 yeltel
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool of 90.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Sunday, June 29, 2014.
Full Contest Listing
Meter: 8,8,8,8,12,12 and Rhyme Scheme: a,a,b,b,c,c.
Refrain rule: In each stanza the first 4 syllables (or 4 single-syllable words) in the first line must be the last 4 syllables (or 4 single-syllable words) at the end of the last line. This is what wraps each stanza with a repeated refrain ...thus, the Wrapped Refrain.
As an example of the form, this is from my own collection:
You Came Too Late
You came too late, this love of mine,
when I was nearing the Divine,
above the by-gone human shores
and all the ones that I adored.
Your light, so blinding, meant to be the torch of fate --
Alas, by then I was far gone - you came too late...
There is still hope - just follow me
to where our spirits will be free,
where sky the color of sapphire
will heal our minds and ease the ire.
Where dreams, so daring, overcome the highest slope
Come with me to the Eden's den - there is still hope.
copyright @ 12/25/2008 yeltel
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool of 90.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Sunday, June 29, 2014.