The Cethramtu Rannaigheacht Mor is a relatively simple stanzaic Irish Verse Form.
The Cethramtu Raanigheacht Mor is:
• written in any number of quatrains,
• syllabic, each line has 3 syllables.
• rhymed xaxa xbxb etc, x being unrhymed.
• written with the defining features of most Celtic poems, cywddydd (harmony of sound) and dunadh (ending the poem with the same word, phrase or line with which the poem began)
Swinging Door by Judi Van Gorder
Open door
lets her roam,
in and out
of her home.
Fun with toys
bright play things,
when she swings
the bell rings.
She’ll not leave
here’s hopin’,
through the door
left open.
Pasted from http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=1177
My thanks to Judi Van Gorder for years of work on this fine PMO resource.
My example
Looks Better – (Cethramtu Rannigheacht Mor)
White and wet
heavy snow
falling fast
cars can’t go.
Stay inside.
Read a book.
Time off work’s
what I took.
Snuggle up
with a wife
just your own;
avoid strife.
Contemplate
daunting chores –
shoveling
out of doors.
Visually
a delight
at Christmas
‘cus it’s white.
© Lawrencealot – Nov 20, 2014
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