Challenge
Fun with Forms #2: The Awdl Gywydd (level 2)
The AWDL GYWYDD (OW-dull GOW-with) is an old Welsh poetry form that combines simple syllable counts, with internally linked rhymes. Each verse is built of four 7-syllable lines, with a rhyme scheme of a, (a)b, c, (c)b. The internal rhyme can occur on syllable 3 or 4. - Here is a sample: https://theprose.com/post/182706/sweet-recollections (Please tag me in the comments of your entry)
Heather on the Moors
Lovely heather on the moors
Sight of you so dear and sweet
You beckon my heart and soul
Fill my senses when we meet.
Oh, heather divine scattered
Across the vast hillside moors
You haunt my days and long nights
With growing mist at my door.
Our hearts, they beat together
’Spite the distance betwixt us
Like a union of true love
Steadfast and true, always thus.
When my life leaves, stay with me
Take my body, heart, and soul
To your flower strewn gardens,
Keep me there and make me whole.