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PICNIC FUN FOR EVERYONE (A Kyrielle) — CPC “Friday Fling Picnic Poetry/Kyrielle”

June 10, 2011 · Barbara_K

Because it’s almost summer
and because the “forms”
are always such a challenge for me,
a bit of CPC “Friday Fling Fun”

. . . .


PICNIC FUN FOR EVERYONE
(A Kyrielle)

There’s almost nothing better than
getting together once again
with friends and fam’ly picnic style,
a time that’s sure to bring a smile.

Come rain or shine, we’ll have such fun,
something to do for ev’ryone.
So we’re planning to stay awhile,
a time that’s sure to bring a smile.

We’ll play ball and swim in the lake,
I wonder what Aunt Tess will bake.
And after lunch we’ll run a mile,
a time that’s sure to bring a smile.

As friends and family congregate
we’ll be sure to circle the date
because we’ve known it for a while,
a time that’s sure to bring a smile.

(c) barbara kausteklis 6-10-11


Written for CPC “Friday Fling/Picnic Poetry -Kyrielle.”

http://www.friendburst.com/blog/42603/friday-fling-writes-picnic-kyrielles-not-kyrielle-sonnets/

The kyrielle format
(quoting from the “Friday Fling”):

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. 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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As form-challenged as I tend to be,
and, besides, the letters/stanzas look
too much like algebra to me,
I went with aabB, ccbB, ddbB, eebB
with B being the repeating line.

Four lines per stanza and eight syllables per line.

Such fun . . . .

Thanks always for your smiles and comments

on this piece and the previous ones posted here on Friendburst.

~barb~


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