Do you know how to wrap?
Poetry Contest
In this contest I want you to write a Wrapped Refrain. The Wrapped Refrain was 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.
This is open to any genre. Let's have some fun with it.
Here is an example:
Let's Steal Away to Meet Again
Let's steal away to some place cool,
with rivulets that foam and pool
beneath a wooded, shady shore
that frames the rocks with sycamore.
The afternoon has just begun; without delay,
let's meet beneath the shaded sun...let's steal away.
Let's meet again where once we knew
the buttercups with golden dew;
we scurried to our hidden spot
where I recall forget-me-not.
And, we shall have the promised dreams that we did then,
as we revisit hideaways...let's meet again.
Copyright © 2007 Jan Turner
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