This form was invented by Jennifer L. Hedin, aka on Allpoetry as Pure_Hope
A Four Stanza form, with two quatrains enveloping two tercets.
The syllable counts and rhyme-pattern for each stanza is:
9/8/7/6: abab
7/8/9: cdc
9/8/7: cdc
6/7/8/9: fgfg
There is no metric requirement.
Example Poem
Camping Trip
"Dress for
camping," I advised, "Wear red.
So she put on a
pencil dress.
She wanted me home
instead.
Her ploy was a
success.
I stayed home and
was not sad.
I was I'll admit,
quite content.
Next time I said
"Camping won't be bad."
"Dress in
red. Wear boots- You will be glad."
She dressed in
leather; time well spent
and wore the best
boots she had.
Even though she
brought rope,
Figuring to snare
our lunch?
I stayed home
again. I'm no dope.
And there I enjoyed
my honeybunch.
© Lawrencealot -
September 14, 2012
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