{"id":46646,"date":"2011-06-24T11:51:49","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T15:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/46646\/meeting-summer-midnight-moon-cpc-friday-flingcelebrating-day-summer\/"},"modified":"2011-06-24T11:51:49","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T15:51:49","slug":"meeting-summer-midnight-moon-cpc-friday-flingcelebrating-day-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/46646\/meeting-summer-midnight-moon-cpc-friday-flingcelebrating-day-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"MEETING A SUMMER MIDNIGHT MOON — CPC “Friday Fling\/Celebrating the First Day of Summer”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nI do love at least trying these poetic forms
\nwhich are always such a huge challenge for me.
\nI can’t even begin to say how challenging
\nthis one was — another new one to me —<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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MIRROR REFRAIN
\n(format explained at the end)<\/p>\n

\n

<\/strong><\/font> <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

MEETING A SUMMER MIDNIGHT MOON<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

A simpler time, those long summer days,<\/span>
\nbarbecues in the park with family and friends,<\/span>
\ncatching fireflies from sunset till we meet the midnight moon,<\/span>
\ndays we were certain would never end.<\/span><\/p>\n

Summer meant swimming down at the lake;<\/span>
\nnot having to listen to what the teacher said;<\/span>
\nDays we were certain would never end,<\/span>
\ncatching fireflies from sunset till we meet the midnight noon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Summer meant marbles and sandlot sun,<\/span>
\nswinging the bat and kicking up sand at the beach;<\/span>
\ncatching fireflies from sunset till we meet the midnight moon.<\/span>
\nFor us kids in the summer nothing was beyond our reach.<\/span><\/p>\n

Summer meant sharing our pet goats at the fair;<\/span>
\nwaiting for it all year long, summer couldn’t come too soon.<\/span>
\nDays we were certain would never end,<\/span>
\ncatching fireflies from sunset till we meet the midnight moon.<\/span><\/p>\n

And most of all, summer still makes my heart sing,<\/span>
\nas I still wait in anticipation and love sharing it with a friend,<\/span>
\ncatching fireflies from sunset till we meet the midnight moon,<\/span>
\ndays we were certain would never end.<\/span><\/p>\n

(c) barbara kausteklis 6-24-11<\/span><\/p>\n

A mirror refrain written for CPC “Friday Fling\/
\nCelebrating the First Day of Summer.”<\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/blog\/46512\/friday-fling-celebrates-day-summer\/<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

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THE FORMAT<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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“The Mirrored Refrain is rhyming verse form constructed by Stephanie Repnyek.<\/font><\/p>\n

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The poem is formed by three or more quatrains where two lines within the quatrain
\nare the “mirrored refrain” or alternating refrain.<\/font><\/p>\n

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The rhyme scheme is as follows: xaBA, xbAB, xaBA, xbAB, etc..<\/font><\/p>\n

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x represents the only lines that do not rhyme within the poem. A and B represent
\nthe refrain.”<\/font><\/p>\n

*********************<\/p>\n

Thanks always for your visits and comments.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/p>\n

~barb~<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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