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.
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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
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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
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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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