Day 23, W = Wrapped Refrain
The Wrapped Refrain, created by Jan Turner, consists of 2 or more stanzas of 6 lines each; Meter: 8,8,8,8,12,12 and Rhyme Scheme: a,a,b,b,c,c.
Refrain rule: In each stanza the first 4 syllables (or 4 single-syllable words) in the first line must be the last 4 syllables (or 4 single-syllable words) at the end of the last line. This is what wraps each stanza with a repeated refrain …thus, the Wrapped Refrain.
Optional: The first stanza refrain and last stanza refrain can be joined (or looselyjoined) together for the title of the poem.
For more info, please check Shadow Poetry
~::~ Broken Dreams ~::~
Staggering through, dark silent nights
Persisting ‘til fate reunites
Trundling low with my broken dreams
My heart echoes my muted screams
Biding time awaiting amorous rendezvous
Many decades I’ve transpired whilst staggering through
I’ve walked alone, through pale moonlights
Enduring fate’s unrighteous smites
Existence bursting at its seams
I trudge along till hope redeems
In wilds I loiter until Destiny atones
Through these pallid gossamer paths, I’ve walked alone
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