As I sail across myriad dreams every night,

In a world surreal muted melodies echo,

Like winged fireflies desires ethereally glow,

As I sail across myriad dreams every night.

 

In a world surreal muted melodies echo,

The songs from my heart to the shimmering stars I tether,

Hidden wishes of yore I fondly gather,

In a world surreal muted melodies echo.

 

The songs from my heart to the shimmering stars I tether,

As the bejeweled sky sings a soothing lullaby,

Traversing a distant realm my harbored fears die,

The songs from my heart to the shimmering stars I tether,

 

As the bejeweled sky sings a soothing lullaby,

The somber stories of the day I once again bury,

From the encaged body my naked soul glides free,

As the bejeweled sky sings a soothing lullaby,

 

As I sail across myriad dreams every night,

In a world surreal muted melodies echo,

Like winged fireflies desires ethereally glow,

As I sail across myriad dreams every night.

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Poetry Style : Catena Rondo

The poem is comprised of a variable number of quatrains (4-line stanza)

Each quatrain has a rhyme pattern of AbbA

The capital letters mean the same word, a repeat.

Each stanza will have different repeated words (see sample poem)

The second line of each quatrain is the first line of the next quatrain

The final quatrain should repeat the first quatrain word for word

There are no rules for meter, syllables, or subject matter. Just a lot of rhyming refrains.

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This poem secured 2nd place in the monthly poetry contest held by Penmancy.  It was forst published here.