Sleep Stories – A Retourne
Into the diminishing light
Flows hope, now tethered to a dream
Sins wallow in the vestiges of sight
sleep stories lean toward the extreme
Flows hope, now tethered to a dream
Shares whispers in receptive ears
Knowledge clings madly on this beam
Like ivy, greening through the years
Sins wallow in the vestiges of sight
Forgiveness, a shawl against chills
Vengeance will leave your crop in blight
Then it runs like hell for the hills
Sleep stories lean toward the extreme
Unconscious sweet color blending
Once you’ve nudged this magical beam
Peace and calm are never-ending
Submitted for Al's Form Poetry is Fun 3 challenge
The format used is called a Retourne
The retourne is all about repetition. It contains four quatrains and each line has eight syllables. The trick is that the first stanza's second line must also be the second stanza's first line, the first stanza's third line is the third stanza's first, and the first stanza's fourth line is the fourth stanza's first. Retournes do not have to rhyme.
By AlwaysMyWords
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