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A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, typically having ten syllables per line (iambic pentameter), grouped into 3 sets of 4 lines (quatrain)and ending with 2 lines (rhyming couplet)
Example:
The Waiting Room
Within its walls the departed are held.
Past mortals assembled hoping to see
loved ones lost. From their world expelled
to wait in spirit through eternity.
The briefest glimpse is all that is needed
to mirror the pain the living now show.
Rips in both souls for life now conceded
to memory, as broken hearts let them go.
But anguish and sorrow torture them still,
as day after day they are forced to stay.
To gaze on sad faces and dream of until
that hour comes, and to the world they can say.
“Now is our moment, for now is the time.
Again we are one, for you are still mine.”
Lee Montgomery-Hughes ©2015 (All Rights Reserved)
Example:
The Waiting Room
Within its walls the departed are held.
Past mortals assembled hoping to see
loved ones lost. From their world expelled
to wait in spirit through eternity.
The briefest glimpse is all that is needed
to mirror the pain the living now show.
Rips in both souls for life now conceded
to memory, as broken hearts let them go.
But anguish and sorrow torture them still,
as day after day they are forced to stay.
To gaze on sad faces and dream of until
that hour comes, and to the world they can say.
“Now is our moment, for now is the time.
Again we are one, for you are still mine.”
Lee Montgomery-Hughes ©2015 (All Rights Reserved)