The sky is enraged and serrated with winged birds of metal
๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด,
The streets yonder are tinged crimson with muted herds
๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ,
With vengeance billows of smoke blow hither-thither
๐ก๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐,
The cracked windows converse with the tearing rooftops
๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ,
The ruthless war has stripped my peace yet I choose to dream
๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐.
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๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ข ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐จ
๐ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐
๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐
๐ก๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ
๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐
๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ.
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๐๐ค๐๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ก๐ : ๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐
Here are the guidelines for writing the Waltmarie: Candice Kubinec made it and popularized by Robert Lee Brewer.
10 lines
Even lines are two syllables in length, odd lines are longer (but no specific syllable count)
Even lines make their own mini-poem if read separately
No other rules for subject or rhymes
