Challenge
Fun with Forms #4: The Quatern (level 2)
A QUATERN is a sixteen line French form composed of four quatrains. It is similar to the kyrielle and the retourne poetic forms, in that it has a refrain (repeated line). The refrain line is in a different place in each quatrain. The first line of stanza one is also the second line of stanza two, the third line of stanza three, and the fourth line of stanza four. A classic quatern has eight syllables per line, and it does not have to have any set meter or rhyme scheme. You can however adapt either of these, as long as the refrain cascades down through the four quatrains (stanzas). — Example here: https://theprose.com/post/739999/not-quite-sleeping — (Please tag me in the comments of your entry)
Souvenir
A souvenir for my carved soul,
The moment freezes as I fall.
You let us burn in the hallway,
I staggered through flames, you didn't stay.
All the shades incurved in my mind,
A souvenir for my carved soul.
A ray from outside makes a sign,
Tarnishing this scene, so dismal.
The sounds resonate through my core,
The rattle when you made us unmorred,
A souvenir for my carved soul,
Smirching when we were etheral.
And I muffle my screams in your sheets,
Your scent makes me bend to my feet,
Salt streams incept my renewal,
A souvenir for my carved soul.
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