Memories

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PROMPT DESCRIPTION (You don't have to use all the words or include them in the poem):
SUN, WATER, SAND, BEES, SUMMER FRUITS, PETUNIAS

Pen a poem.
Be it your experiences, observations, or thoughts.
Images are provided for inspiration.


REQUIRED POETRY FORM
Gwawdodyn
Gwawdodyn Poetic Form
Must follow the form exactly.

The gwawdodyn is a Welsh poetic form with a couple variations. However, both versions are comprised of quatrains (4-line stanzas) that have a 9/9/10/9 syllable pattern and matching end rhymes on lines 1, 2, and 4. The variations are made in that third line:
* One version has an internal rhyme within the third line. So there’s a rhyme somewhere within the third line with the end rhyme on the third line.
* The other version has an internal rhyme within the third line that rhymes with an internal rhyme in the fourth line.
In both cases, the rhyme starts somewhere in the middle of the third line and it is a unique rhyme to the end rhyme in lines 1, 2, and 4.
Here’s a possible diagram for the first version (with the x’s symbolizing syllables):
1-xxxxxxxxa
2-xxxxxxxxa
3-xxxxbxxxxb
4-xxxxxxxxa
Note: The “b” rhyme in the middle of line 3 could slide to the left or right as needed by the poet.
Here’s an example I wrote for the first version:
“Cheat,” by Robert Lee Brewer
The rumors you’ve heard are true: I run
to forget my past. What I have won,
I’ve lost in lasting memories, blasting
through my brain like bullets from a gun.
As you can see, “run,” “won,” and “gun” rhyme with each other, as do “lasting” and “blasting.”

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Here’s a possible diagram for the second version:
1-xxxxxxxxa
2-xxxxxxxxa
3-xxxxbxxxxx
4-xxxbxxxxa
Note: In this version, both “b” rhymes can slide around in their respective lines, which affords the poet a little extra freedom.
Here’s my example modified for the second version:
“Cheat,” by Robert Lee Brewer
The rumors you’ve heard are true: I run
to forget my past. What I have won,
I’ve lost in lonley moments, my sorrow
my only friend while others are stunned.
In this version, “run,” “won,” and “stunned” rhyme (okay, “stunned” is a slant rhyme), while “lonely” and “only” rhyme inside lines 3 and 4.
Please play around with the form this week, because it’ll be the focus of the next WD Poetic Form Challenge starting next week.
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Long, lazy days in the summer sun,
Memories filled with times spent in fun.
White shimmering sand, vast waters of blue,
Laughter, love and our handsome young son.

Where did these carefree days disappear?
They turned into weeks, and months and years.
Tucked neatly away, locked moments of time,
Forever they’ll stay, held close and dear.

I think often of how time did fly,
You and our child-now gone, and I cry.
Bittersweet thoughts of a time that has passed.
Lost days wrought by tears flooding my eyes.

Like summer fruits lasting a short time,
The days of our youth were so sublime.
Till in death I perish and am no more,
I’ll cherish our moments of summertime.