Spending Time With Dad

Remembering the days before
When things were not so hard to do
I’m smiling that you still adore
I really wish you still knew

But spending time with you is fun
Even when my thoughts might turn blue
“Cause long ago you were the one
I really wish you still knew

©2023 CBialczak

Since this was about my dad I used the same picture!

The kyrielle is a French four-line stanza form that has a refrain in the fourth line. Often, there is a rhyme scheme in the poem consisting of the following possibilities:

• aabb
• abab
• aaab
• abcb

The poem can be as long as you wish and as short as two stanzas (otherwise, the refrain is not really a refrain, is it?), and, as with many French forms, it is very nice for stretching your poetic muscles.

Also, tres importante! Your lines must contain 8 syllables. I’ve written an example below to show how this poem works (on a technical level).