Tinker Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Happy Holidays This time of year when dark and cold we're warmed by a light, bright and bold. We adorn our homes with holly and wreaths and wait for a jolly old man in a flying sleigh who soars far and near, reminding us to share our love, this time of year. Merry Christmas from me to you, may all your hopes and dreams come true. It may be cliché to repeat the same wishes each year complete with a virtual hug, but it's unanimous. One more time, you've heard it before, Merry Christmas. ~~ Judi Van Gorder Notes: ▼ Verse Form: Wrapped Refrain is an invented stanzaic form created by Jan Turner brings each stanza full circle by repeated the first 4 syllables of the stanza as the last 4 syllables of the stanza reminiscent of the French rentrament, repeating the first phrase of the stanza as a the last phrase of the stanza. The elements of the Wrapped Refrain are: stanzaic, written in any number of sixains or octaves. syllabic, 8-8-8-8-12-12 syllables per lines when written in sixains, 14-14-8-8-8-8-14-14 syllables per line when written in octaves. rhymed, aabbcc ddeeff etc. when written in sixains and aabbccdd eeffgghh etc when written in octaves. written with each sixain repeating the first 4 syllables of L1 as the last 4 syllables of L6 or each octave repeating the first 10 syllables of L1 as the last 10 syllables of L8. Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger11 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Nicely done Judi. And season greetings to you and everyone else here. all the best Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Happy Holidays Judi, Phil, everyone! Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmarti1 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 On 12/21/2019 at 4:14 PM, tonyv said: Happy Holidays Judi, Phil, everyone! Tony I am late to the party, so HAPPY NEW YEAR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 All the best Judi! All the Best as we transition to 2020 - so far it feels exactly like 2019;-) Juris Quote thegateless.org Come on over and check out my poetry substack y'all;-) Or if your bored, head to the Zazzle store: https://www.zazzle.com/store/gateless. If you buy anything I lose a bet, so consider that before you violate the digital rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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