Hot and Cold Days

Hot and Cold Days

Some days are so dramatic!
It's so hot, I sweat wholesome ...
Pace of men so frenetic,
Work has become so loathsome ... !

Winter breeze blows heartlessly,
Mufflers are now in fashion,
People roam just aimlessly,
As the snow falls in Darwin.

© Dr. Taher Kagalwala, Jan 2004

Prompt: The prompt is to write this Irish poem style. Write one trial stanza and one on winter.

How to write an Ae Freslighe (ay fresh lee):

This Irish form is not easy. While it is short, you have to keep the little rules for this form, to write it properly.

I hope I can explain it clear...
~ The Ae Freslighe can have more than one stanza.
~ Each stanza is built up out of four lines (a quatrain)
~ Each line has seven syllables.
# Line one and three use a triple rhyme (three syllable rhyme)
# Line two and four use a double rhyme (two syllables)
# You have to end line four with the first syllable word in the first line, or the complete line that you used to begin your poem with.

The scheme:

x x x x (x x a)
x x x x x (x b)
x x x x (x x a)
x x x x x (x b)

Author's note: This was indeed very difficult. But enjoyable too! Try it, dear readers! The above explanation is courtesy b_boonstra. Thanks to her.