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Poetry: August 23, 2017 Issue [#8457]

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 This week: Are you here for a Gwawdodyn?
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About This Newsletter

*Delight**Fire*Hello everyone! Here a I am, taking a break from the battle of the Game of Thrones game with a cool Welsh form of poetry to share. The Gwawdodyn! Isn't that a lovely word? Now let's have fun creating one. *Wink*

*Bursto*Words from the Welsh:

"Every device there is in language is there to be used, if you will. Poets have got to enjoy themselves sometimes, and the twistings and convolutions of words, the inventions and contrivances, are all part of the joy that is part of the painful, voluntary work".~ Dylan Thomas

"I have been a multitude of shapes, Before I assumed a consistent form."~ Taliesin

"The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it." ~Dylan Thomas

*Heart*So let's go write one! *Bigsmile*


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Letter from the editor

*Delight*I was intrigued with the name of this form: gwawdodyn and was inspired by a recent Abba blog challenge to write one.

ABBA is a Swedish singing group.
Four artists make up the famous troupe.
Wild costumes they wore, never seen before.
And they save on taxes. That's the scoop.

The Gwawdondyn {gwow-dód-in-heer (gwad = poem)]

It is a welsh poetic form from the Middle ages, made of 4 line quatrains with a 9/9/10/9 syllable pattern.
The end rhymes on line 1, 2, and 4, match and variations are made in the third line.

One version has an internal rhyme in line 3. The end rhyme would rhyme with one other word in line 3.
The Abba poem above illustrates it.

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xxxbxxxxxb
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Seven greedy goats eager to eat
grain or grass outside their paddock neat,
gather in a crowd, bleating out loud
as I approach with the yummy treat.

The second version has the rhyme starting in the third line and rhymes with a word in the 4 line, while the end of the 4th line matches 1 and 2.

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xxxxbxxxxx
xxxbxxxxa

The rhyme word represented by "b" can slide right or left depending on the line.

Seven spotted goats eager to eat
green grass and grain in a paddock neat
run in a crowd and put hooves on the fence
bleating out loud for the yummy treat.


Who knew this form would come in handy for my sojourn down on the farm with cute greedy goats. LOL
Now, I challenge you to create one and send it to me in the comment box. I will post them in my next newsletter and pick one for a prize. If I can create one, such as it is, so can you! Love to experiment. *Laugh*

Thanks for reading. Have fun, word wizards!

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Ask & Answer

Thanks lovely readers! *Heart*

Now Who is going to compose a Gwawdodyn for next time? I have a lovely MB for my favourite one, so looking forward to your entries!
Post them or a link in the response box. *Wink*


Azrael Tseng Author IconMail Icon
Wow, a fib looks hard. Never been much good at fibbing either, but this looks like a fun challenge! Thanks for featuring my poem in your newsletter.

Monty Author IconMail Icon
I have never heard of a form as the one you explain in this letter. It may be fun to try.
Thank you for highlighting my two poems.

Stephen Scorer Author IconMail Icon
Thank you for adding one of my Trekkie poems to your editor's picks, very appreciated, thanks.


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