"Can we pray together my dear?"
I knelt and whispered in her ear.
She looked at me with dismal eyes
nodded yes, with a weary sigh.
As cold winds blew, he held his child,
protection from a world gone wild.
I sat beside his ragged gear,
"can we pray together my dear?"
Then one day I had lost my way,
I heard a gentle angel say,
"Can we pray together my dear?"
her gentle voice cut through my fear.
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| Writing Prompt |
A kyrielle is made of quatrains that rhyme. Each stanza (that is a quatrain) has a line that repeats, so a line from a previous stanza. That line usually (but does not necessarily have to) be the last line in the stanza. Each line in the poem has eight syllables. There is no limit to the number of stanzas. Usually there are three or more stanzas. Any type of rhyme scheme can be used. More information and an example. |
Author Notes
Thanks to avmurray for the illustration
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