My Poetic Latticework

April Rains

The mountain streams expand their flow
when April rains melt winter snow,
bringing woe and misery
to folks who live along the banks
in Mother Nature's wicked pranks
with no thanks to Destiny.

Notes on the Cywydd llosgyrnog form ▼

Form: Cywydd llosgyrnog (ku-with los-gear-nog)  
Number of lines: Down to the individual poet
Rules: A 12th century Welsh form written in six-line stanzas. Each stanza is comprised of two lines of eight syllables and a third line of seven syllables. Lines 1 and 2 rhyme and cross-rhyme with syllable 3 or 4 of line 3. This pattern is then followed for the next three lines. Lines 3 and 6 also rhyme.

This gives a stanza pattern of:

x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x a
x x a x x x b
x x x x x x x c
x x x x x x x c
x x c x x x b

Choices for the poets to make this week: This form can be composed of as many or as few stanzas as the poet wishes.

Let the creativity flow from your soul!
Dave
"The Poet's Place "