Connections

Week4:Gwawdodn

Don't make me keep company of tears,
Hold me forever, remove my fears.
As you have slipped away onward to light,
I have tracked backward, to stored brief years.



Form: Gwawdodn

Number of Lines: Minimum 4 lines, Maximum is poet's choice in

Rules:
A stanza of four lines. Lines 1,2 and 4 are nine syllables long and share the same rhyme.
Line 3 is 10 syllables long and has an internal rhyme scheme similar to a Toddaid.

x x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x b x x
x x x x b x x x a

Choices for the poets to make this week: This form can be composed of as many or as few stanzas as the poet wishes.