Exceptional A Kyrielle poem for Potlatch Poetry A Storm Blows In by damommy

The storm winds crash against the pane while from the roof a riv’let spills, and gales torment the weather vane as raindrops splash my windowsills.   My cozy chair beside the fire protects me from the Autumn chills. Dark thunderclouds clap their desire as raindrops splash my windowsills.   The tempest rages out its wrath. Torrential downpours from the hills are carving patterns in the path as raindrops splash my windowsills.   Recognized Author Notes 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. This competition has the minimum and maximum of three quatrains. 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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