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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Clogyrnach

Clogyrnach clog-ír-nach, the 16th codified Welsh meter, an Awdl, is associated with what I can only assume is the name of an ancient poet, Cynddelw and is framed with a cyhydedd fer couplet combined with a longer form. It is rarely used by today's poets.

The defining features of the Clogymach are:
  • stanzaic, written in any number of quintets, combining a cyhydedd fer *(a rhymed couplet of 8 syllable lines) and a tercet of two 5 syllable lines followed by one 6 syllable line of 2 equal parts, 3 syllables each.
  • rhymed, rhyme scheme AABBA. The 1st phrase of L5 rhymes with the previous line and the 2nd phrase rhymes with cyhydedd fer couplet.
  • flexible, L5 of the cinquain can be added to the end of L4 creating a quatrain or can be broken into 2 separate lines creating a sixain.

    Clog Ear Nach by DC Martinson

    Inside my head there is a fight
    That leaves me void of sleep at night:
    My ear infected,
    By cure neglected.
    Dejected - Till dawn's light.
x x x x x x x A
x x x x x x x A
x x x x B
x x x x B
x x B x x A

x x x x x x x A
x x x x x x x A
x x x x B
x x x x B
x x B
x x A
x x x x x x x A
x x x x x x x A
x x x x B
x x x x B x x B x x A
Youth
Smooth lines with the color of peach,
time invites them to dream and reach.
Peer imitates,
lust lures, promise baits,
a world waits, ours to teach.
--- Judi Van Gorder
Prism
Within the gemstone, facets glint
like sun on snow with winter's tint,
sparkling colors fuse
in translucent hues
mark my muse with fired flint.
---Judi Van Gorder

Many Thanks to PMO, a fine resource,  for  the above information.


*Technically the cyhydedd fir has internal and linked rhyme so I would simply omit that
designation, with the rhyme schemes shown.

Example Poem

Thanksgiving Pies     (Clogyrnach)
Wife's made more pies than we'll have guests
Her cooking ranks among the best.
I'm inept - thus banned
can't cook things not canned,
Works great I must confess.

© Lawrencealot - November 27, 2013


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