Spiral: A Sweetbriar

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Twirling, twirling,
up and then down.
Hold your faith oh-so-tight.
Swirling, swirling,
through high’s and lows.
Life’s series of wrongs, rights.

Swerving, swerving,
which road you’ll take.
Choose between left or right.
Planning, dreaming,
future’s waiting.
Face it with valor, might.

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Photo credit: Unsplash
In response to OctPoWriMo 2016 by Morgan Dragonwillow‘s Day 9.

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Sweetbriar is a stanzaic invented form similar to the Minuette. It uses only 1 rhyme and was created by Viola Berg.

The Sweetbriar is:

  • stanzaic, written in 2 sixains.
  • syllabic, 4-4-6-4-4-6 syllables per line.
  • rhymed, rhyme scheme xxaxxa xxaxxa.

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43 thoughts on “Spiral: A Sweetbriar”

  8. Even though there’s lots of moving here–swirling, in fact–it seems as if there’s conviction, too. Maybe because “valor, might” are the last words. They bravely pin the rest.

    I hope you have a great week, sister!

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  11. This is great. Such energy and it brings back happy memories for me, especially along with the photo of the girl in the red dress. When I was a little girl in elementary school, I had a long, red granny dress. During music class, we’d dance to a song called Shoo, Fly, Don’t Bother Me. I would spin round and round during that song, and my dress would twirl out wide around me. It was great fun. 🙂

    Have a blessed day!

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