Kyrielle – Another Fearless Year

March 12, 2021

Kyrielle and Paint Chip Poetry

If I had to pick a favorite poetry form, it would probably be the kyrielle. I’ve penned a few, here and on Anchored Voices. It’s an easy form to master or to at least have some fun with. To be honest, even if there had...

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May 7, 2017

Valley of Trouble

There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she will respond as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt. Hosea 2:15 (NIV). When from sin you...

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May 6, 2017

Valley of Tears

As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. Psalm 84:6 (NIV). My Savior will dry all my tears The Lord God knows all my fears As I trudge onward many...

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February 2, 2017

Ms. Kruschke’s Kids

This is a Kyrielle I wrote for my niece’s second grade class. I think they liked it! Bailey boasts curious classes One has nine lads and eight lasses Would-be writers and strong readers Ms. Kruschke’s second grade Tigers They learn about magnets and maps While...

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March 27, 2016

Celebrate Christ Is Risen

Yesterday in despair we wept Friday last the veil was riven Oh to know His promises kept Celebrate that Christ has risen Today Christ has risen indeed Grace and mercy to us given Because we know our deepest need Celebrate that Christ has risen Jesus...

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September 15, 2015

In a Heartbeat, in a Flash

Kanzen is tending the bar today for Poetics at dVerse Poets Pub asking for poems on change. I went to a new favorite form, the Kyrielle, and decided to touch on a topic that’s been on my mind a lot lately. I wrote an in-depth...

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August 22, 2015

Camping

Listen closely and you will hear Conversations about anything Family and friends who are dear In the circle of chairs camping Never a dearth of food to eat “We brought skillet; what did you bring?” Chips and hot dogs, salad and sweets To the circle...

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June 23, 2015

Monsoon of Mercy

At dVerse Poets Pub today, Abhra tells a tale of the monsoon season in India. The “prompt” for the day is fairly vague, so I drew from Abhra’s story about how the hot, dry summer is followed by the monsoon. And I tapped into the...

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June 20, 2015

Slips Away

I’ve been thinking a lot about my sister Peggy lately, perhaps because her death is the subject of the first chapter of the book I’m working on. Yesterday the refrain for this Kyrielle came to me and then I finished the poem this morning. 8/20/15...

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June 4, 2015

An Odd Kyrielle

After writing my first Kyrielle yesterday, I apparently had Kyrielle rhyme schemes on the brain when I went to bed. Once the lights were out, the first stanza of one with the rhyme scheme in which the refrain does not rhyme started forming in my...

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Another Fearless Year

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Kyrielle and Paint Chip Poetry

Valley of Trouble

Valley of Tears

Ms. Kruschke’s Kids

Celebrate Christ Is Risen

In a Heartbeat, in a Flash

Camping

Monsoon of Mercy

Slips Away

An Odd Kyrielle

Tag: Kyrielle

Kyrielle and Paint Chip Poetry

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