Week Fifty-Two: Cyrch a Chwta

On By Adam AstraIn poetic forms challenge, poetry, writing

~We’ve reached the final week~
~of the 52-Form Challenge!~

Thanks to all who have read, liked, commented, and followed this blog since its inception over a year ago.

Meet the Cyrch a Chwta

It’s both fitting and fortunate that the final form of this challenge is a Welsh one. Way back in June of 2019 (what seems like a lifetime ago. Thanks, COVID!) I featured the Gwawdodyn in my very first post. I’m never shy about picking favorites, and I find the poetic forms from Wales and Ireland a true delight to the ear and the soul. There are many similarities between the forms of these Celtic nations (alliteration, intricate rhyme schemes, tongue-twisting names) and these forms, with their lively musicality, are always a joy to work with. Other Welsh forms included in this challenge were: the Cywydd llosgyrnog (Week 8), and the Clogynarch (Week 21).

Key Features of the Cyrch a Chwta


Structure: Features any number of eight-line stanzas (octets)

Rhyme:
– Lines 1 through 6 and 8 share an end rhyme
– Line 8 features an internal cross-rhyme with line 7 at syllable 3, 4, or 5

Syllables: Seven syllables per line

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Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) on Jul 14 2020 (Wikimedia Commons)

An Original Cyrch a Chwta

Catching Comets (NEOWISE C2020)

See the comet NEOWISE
streaming its tail as it flies.
While it may take a few tries—
You’ll need clear northwestern skies—
It is large enough in size
To see with unaided eyes.
Catch it better on the wing
With something that magnifies.

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Want to Learn More? Start Here:

Cyrch A Chwta Poems – Writer’s Digest
Cyrch a Chwta – Poets Collective
Cyrch a chwta – Poetry Magnum Opus


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One thought on “Week Fifty-Two: Cyrch a Chwta”

  1. PRATAP KUMAR ROY's avatar PRATAP KUMAR ROY

    Dear Sir,

    Please find herein under an article on Poetic Form ‘Haiku Sonnet’ fits in Zikorean Structure
    for your kind perusal please.

    Regards,

    P K Roy

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    The poet named David Marshall guided the basic premise of the haiku sonnet;
    it’s said four 3-liner haiku plus a couplet of either 5 or 7 syllables adds up to 14 lines,
    the same number of lines also found in a sonnet.

    The guidance further states as under:
    -Begins with a sequence of four tercets with a syllable count of 5-7-5
    – Ends with a couplet with a syllable count of either 5 or 7 syllables per line
    -No meter and unrhymed.

    If last line of the Haiku Sonnet is composed of 5 syllables ( not seven syllables), the sonnet perfectly fits in the Zikorean structure especially of a Zikelite (two or more than two Zikets).
    A Ziket has two poetic lines, the first line should contain 1 to 8 syllables and the second line should be of 1 to 5 syllables or vice versa. Ziket can be written in unrhymed or rhymed poetry.

    An example is as under:

    Normalcy

    That little girl was
    very excited to hear;
    the school will reopen;
    From tomorrow it
    will start functioning normal;
    It is a long time.
    After dreaded lock
    down, the normalcy returns;
    She’ll not attend class.
    Her destiny didn’t
    allow to go to a school;
    She can’t read even;

    She’d now sell flowers
    at traffic signal.
    ~X~

    Reference::
    https://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/haiku-sonnet-poetic-form
    https://adamoftheuniverse.poetry.blog/2019/09/12/week-sixteen-the-haiku-sonnet/https://allpoetry.com/topic/269076212-Zikorean-literature-Structural-Limitations-

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