Image: A Christmas Tree with Lighted Candles and Presents
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)
A Haiku for Real Toads
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas to all Toads
Hail to Yuletide cheer!
stanzas and a couplet. Just like the traditional Kyrielle, the Kyrielle Sonnet
also has a repeating line as a refrain. It appears as the last line of each
stanza. I've maintained within each line the eight syllables.
The rhyming scheme is AabB ccbB ddbB AB
Wishing everyone Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Drive safely!
A Bright star surveying down below
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)
A Haiku for Real Toads
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas to all Toads
Hail to Yuletide cheer!
A Kyrielle Sonnet for Christmas
A Kyrielle Sonnet consists of 14 lines . It comprises three
rhyming quatrain stanzas and a couplet. Just like the traditional Kyrielle, the Kyrielle Sonnet
also has a repeating line as a refrain. It appears as the last line of each
stanza. I've maintained within each line the eight syllables.
The rhyming scheme is AabB ccbB ddbB AB
Wishing everyone Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Drive safely!
A Bright star surveying down below
a Colorful
lights and mistletoe
b Stand
below it,‘care for a kiss’
B Hail
to the Yuletide cheer and more
c Standing a pine tree green and lean
c From
Wal Mart gramps carried it in
b Tinsel
swaying in a slight breeze
B Hail
to the Yuletide cheer and more
d Santa
sneaks in with the presents
d Demands
from young hearts more brazen
b Expensive
items are their wish
B Hail
to the Yuletide cheer and more
A Parents
relent expenses soar
B Merry
Christmas Happy New Year
Note: I had no place to link the above Kyrielle which I had written earlier.
I'll make it legit by linking it with a hurriedly done haiku at Real Toads
For Real Toads with Mama Zen's Words Count
Note: I had no place to link the above Kyrielle which I had written earlier.
I'll make it legit by linking it with a hurriedly done haiku at Real Toads
For Real Toads with Mama Zen's Words Count
Both poems convey very apt thoughts for Christmas day. Your Kyrielle sonnet involved a lot of skill. Well done and thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas, Hank! "Parents relent expenses soar" cracked me up. So true!
ReplyDeletethere's a lot going on at your house
ReplyDeletemerry christmas hank.
ReplyDeletei hope your day is full of love and light.
oy and hopefully not too expensive...
smiles.
Interesting: the Kyrielle Sonnet; i have to try that form
ReplyDeleteMERRY CHRISTMAS ..........
http://myblog-lunchbreak.blogspot.com/2013/12/1358.html
So much cheer on one page! Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas as much goes on indeed at your hall with lots of cheer
ReplyDeleteBoth wonderfully well done!
ReplyDeleteBoth are beautiful...such a blessing of Christmas cheer
ReplyDeleteSuch a bright sonnet! Hope you find more light and love! Merry X-mass!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas Hank ~ Cheers ~
ReplyDeleteyou did well with both poems.. Merry Christmas Hank
ReplyDeletewell done, sir. a good holiday cheer to you ~
ReplyDeleteVery cool, Hank. Thanks for spelling out the exact form. I'll have to try it. Terrific!
ReplyDeleteOh Gee, Hank, you reminded me here that I completely forgot to pick some mistletoe for hanging this year. It grows on trees around, just need to pack my ladder over there.
ReplyDeleteI fudged on the haiku, mine is 10-10-10-10 [:)].
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parents relent, expenses soar... feeling the pain the day after, over here.
ReplyDeletenicely, Hank! ;) Merry Christmas.
Mistletoe… I love to find a secret place for that each year - My six year old son does not like being caught under it! Merry Christmas, Hank. :)
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