Poetic Exploration

Harvest Ball - A Kryielle Poem

In the autumn of every year
There comes a time when we all tear
The coloured leaves begin to fall
Cooler times bring the Harvest Ball.

Orange pumpkins fill fenced fields
Their bounty brings very high yields
Children carve faces in them all
Cooler times bring the Harvest Ball.

White crosses line the pathway home
Keep us safe from Spirits that roam
Dress in costumes, dance through the hall
Cooler times bring the Harvest Ball.

Fun and laughter ring through the night
Games and treats are quite a delight
Dancing, feasting hold us in thrall
Cooler times bring the Harvest Ball.


Kyrielle ▼

September 14 - 20, 2015 Kyrielle - September 28, 2015
: 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.

From: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/kyrielle.html
Past attempt: "In All Our Endeavours We Do Seek" 

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