new form every day... Echo Sonnet (day 31 of 365 in 365)

2011-01-31 11:20:00

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GRAY MORNING

when the night from sleep has been finally torn
to be greeted by soft light is a trick
that makes the slumber in the eyes to stick
the clouds they hide the sun this deep gray morn
a new day stifles trying to be born
but half shine makes for desire to sleep
the bed's warmth and covers shelter to keep
the clouds they hide the sun this deep gray morn
the nights shroud it is still partially worn
the sun not allowed to herald the day
cumulus and nimbus get in the way
the clouds they hide the sun this deep gray morn
although shreds of night still try to be shorn
the clouds they hide the sun this deep gray morn


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From: http://www.thepoetsgarret.com/list.html


Echo Sonnet

This is a relatively new form devised by the well respected English Poet, Jeff Green. It takes its shape from three envelope quatrains and a couplet, the last line of each stanza is a refrain that links the quatrains and gives us a rhyme scheme of;
A, b, b, A1,…a, c, c, A1,…a, d, d, A1,…A, A1

The Echo Sonnet is based on French repeating forms, but unlike those forms which are normally syllabic, the preferred rhyme scheme is Iambic pentameter, or similar, and being a sonnet it should be presented as a 14 line poem.


(I write poems every day but don't always post them. I am a few days off on my form a day but I'M BACK again! :-P)



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