Q is for Quatrain

A quatrain is four lines of verse.

literarydevices.net

There is no required rhyme scheme or syllable count to qualify as a quatrain…but I can’t help myself so I’m going with a rhymed quatrain of eight syllables per line. I ‘m thinking this can be nice and compact in structure. Let’s see what I come up with.

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A Better Father’s Son

Almost forty nine odd plus one
Half a life in the sod gone done
Yet still seeking more wisdom
To be a better father’s son.

Almost forty nine odd plus one
It’s time to be a better father’s son
To forgive what’s long gone
Before I’m in the sod and done.

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I’d like to say that flowed like melted butter but I spent a couple hours writing and rewriting this. I’m not sure it’s done. I feel like there should be two more stanzas to complete the structure, but I keep erasing every additional line I write. So I’m stopping out of exhaustion and this will have to be good enough.

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Be well,

• Horizon
• Wound Up
• Playful