Smokey Skies

Poetry

A Gwawdodyn

Smoke descends and all birds have gone,

their absence noted every dawn.

As rain slows the burn I wait their return,

humble in the quiet, I hold on.

The gwawdodyn is a Welsh form with a strict syllable count and rhyme scheme. It includes an internal rhyme in line three.

Line 1–9 syllables
Line 2–9 syllables
Line 3–10 syllables
Line 4–9 syllables

Lines 1,2 and 4 share the same end rhyme.

Line 3 has an internal rhyme located more or less in middle. For example:

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There is another variation of this form in which the internal rhyme is carried between the last two lines and the end of line 3 doesn’t actually rhyme with anything.

This was prompted by the forest fires that are ravaging the Pacific Northwest and the smoke that has hung above us for almost two weeks— a constant reminder of all who have lost their homes and lives, including the terrible toll it has also taken on the wildlife.

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