Exceptional A Quatern... Summer Snowstorms by GregoryCody

I am meant for more than this room Left within pairs of strangers' shoes, standing on yesterday's doorstep ~ a trembling boy at a locked door Can I believe my mother's dreams? I am meant for more than this room Breathing between bleach and perfume ~ awake below concrete tip toes Mostly hoping tears drop silent ~ whispers to mirrors dry cracked cheeks I am meant for more than this room Snowstorms wash over the summer Slipping into a shallow grave, lost, clinging to wet rolling ropes, begging for a purpose to bloom I am meant for more than this room Recognized Author Notes I decided to try this style after reading fellow poet Treischel's poem "Brilliant Yellow Star". The Quatern is a French form of poetry that is composed of four quatrains, (four-line stanzas). It is similar to the Kyrielle and other French poems, in that it has a repeated refrain. But, unlike other French forms, it doesn't have to rhyme--there is no rhyme scheme specified. Similar to other French forms of poetry, the Quatern consists of lines with eight syllables each, and has no required meter. Dedicated to C. The infamous. My brother forever, I miss you.

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