A to Z Blogging Challenge: W is for Wrapped Refrain

A to Z Blogging Challenge:

W is for Wrapped Refrain

by

Spectra Ghostseeker

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.

First the Example, then my Burnt Offering.

Let’s Steal Away to Meet Again

Let’s steal away to some place cool,

     with rivulets that foam and pool

beneath a wooded, shady shore

     that frames the rocks with sycamore.

The afternoon has just begun; without delay,

let’s meet beneath the shaded sun...let’s steal away.

Let’s meet again where once we knew

     the buttercups with golden dew;

we scurried to our hidden spot

     where I recall forget-me-not.

And, we shall have the promised dreams that we did then,

as we revisit hideaways...let’s meet again.

Copyright © 2007 Jan Turner

Doom

Foolish people hell-bent on

Making ourselves be dead and gone

Always hurrying off to war

With prideful need to even score

Bombs have no regard for monument or steeple

What the hell are we doing, we foolish people

We think warring is righteousness

In our proud short-sightedness

We believe in our agenda

It is weakness to be tender

Taking peaceful actions is nothing but boring

When asked "what action should we take?" we think warring

~Spectra~