Celestial Clowns If dawn's celestial clowns cavort, use thunder as joking retort: when reds and pinks give warning cry, then harken ye to morning sky. If clowns on high, when dusk is near stain the heavens, then have no fear. When sunset clouds go rolling by then harken ye to morning sky. Joy rides on morning angel's wings in spite of night wind's bellowings. If blackest night by dawn must fly then harken ye to morning sky. If dawn's celestial clowns cavort, then harken ye to morning sky. Theme: Weather Words to use: pink, celestial Words to avoid: Hurricane, Typhoon, rain, sun Form: Sonnet {your choice - English, Italian, Kyrielle, whatever) {size:1 Kyrielle Quatorzain made up of (three rhyming quatrain stanzas and a non-rhyming couplet). Just like the traditional Kyrielle poem, the Kyrielle Sonnet also has a repeating line or phrase as a refrain (usually appearing as the last line of each stanza). Each line within the Kyrielle Sonnet consist of only 8 syllables French poetry forms have a tendency to link back to the beginning of the poem, so common practice is to use the first and last line of the first quatrain as the ending couplet. This would also re-enforce the refrain within the poem. Therefore, a good rhyming scheme for a Kyrielle Sonnet would be: AabB, ccbB, ddbB, AB -or- AbaB, cbcB, dbdB, AB. |