In the alpenglow of autumnal breeze,
Fond memories perch on vivid rainbows,
The dreamy moments, how I long to seize.

The dainty bluebells from a sprightly spring,
With vibrant heartstrings, I can hear them sing.

Like myriad leaves in the maple trees,
Thoughts umpteen dangle and shimmer so close,
In the alpenglow of autumnal breeze.

Your perfumed body just danced and illumed,
With wafting fragrance from the buds that bloomed.

My playful mind though I try to appease,
In a pensive state it jocundly grows,
The dreamy moments, how I long to seize.

In verdant valleys soaked ‘neath wild monsoon,
For hours and hours we’d lay in fond cocoon.

Mauve, auburn, tangerine—colors do tease,
In vain my heart leaps though the truth it knows,
In the alpenglow of autumnal breeze.

Our blissful life was filled with songs of love,
A gifted soulmate you were from above.  

My enfeebled heart feels a throbbing squeeze,
As I reminisce past days such as those,
The dreamy moments how I long to seize.

My raining tears would fill the seven seas,
But with salvaged fragments my mind wallows,
In the alpenglow of autumnal breeze,
The dreamy moments how I long to seize.

 

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This winning poem written in the Gra Reformata style was first published in Penmancy.

https://penmancy.com/susurrating-symphonies/

 

Grá Reformata

Developed by Michael King, this form is based upon the Villanelle form, only that it has extra couplet between each tercet. The couplet can either be rhymed or free verse, but always in iambic pentameter.

This is the format:
a-b-a
x-x
a-b-a
x-x
a-b-a
x-x
a-b-a
x-x
a-b-a
a-b-a-a

• The x consists of the rhymed or unrhymed iambic couplet.
• Only the couplet will have strict meter, which is iambic pentameter. But, the rest of the lines will always have 10 syllables each.

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