The Light of Compliment (Kyrielle)

The Light of Compliment (Kyrielle)






So delicate, our firmament
whose shine with dignity and grace,
believes the light of compliment
while piety commands its trace.
 
As adulation's orb will glow
and brighten midnight's velvet face
soft passion finds its peaked plateau
while piety commands its trace.
 
Involvement for life's greater good
commands that care cannot erase
the bend of weeping willow's wood
while piety commands its trace.
 
Forged deep beneath lust's dampened sound
allegiance turns its fond embrace.
Yet, love believes in rooted ground
while piety commands its trace.
 
And as our coruscation shines
we find our hearts cannot replace
the path that lover's zeal defines
while piety commands its trace.


 
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Prompt:   A Midnight Full of Stars
 

Kyrielle

A Kyrielle is a French form of rhyming poetry written in quatrains (a stanza consisting of 4 lines),
and each quatrain contains a repeating line or phrase as a refrain (usually appearing as the last
line of each stanza). Each line within the poem consists of only eight syllables. There is no limit
to the amount of stanzas a Kyrielle may have, but three is considered the accepted minimum.

Some popular rhyming schemes for a Kyrielle are: aabB, ccbB, ddbB,

with B being the repeated
line, or abaB, cbcB, dbdB.

Mixing up the rhyme scheme is possible for an unusual pattern of:

axaZ, bxbZ, czcZ, dxdZ, etc.
with Z being the repeated line.

The rhyme pattern is completely up to the poet.