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Fun with Forms #1: The Virelai (level 1)
The VIRELAI is an old French form that combines a simple rhyme scheme with strict syllable counts. It is a 9 line poem form with syllable counts of 5, 5, 2, 5, 5, 2, 5, 5, 2 -- and a simple rhyme pattern of a, a, b, a, a, b, a, a, b. - Here is a sample: https://theprose.com/post/722014/coulrophobia-fear-of-clowns
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DianaHForst in Poetry & Free Verse

Guts

Pour the innards out,

Guts spill blood like spouts,

Bleeding.

Curse my stupid clout,

I can barely shout!

Cheating.

Gambled full amounts,

Money dries in droughts.

Pleading.

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