Lira


A Lira is a Spanish stanza consisting of five lines.
It has a very specific rhyming scheme as well as a syllable count.

Line #              Syllables              Rhyming scheme
1.                      7                        a
2.                     11                        b
3.                      7                        a
4.                      7                        b
5.                     11                        b

Eleven syllables is rarely found in English poetry.


Trillium

Beautiful petals of white
Just blooming wildly along the countryside
Bringing to our nose delight
Fragrances they cannot hide
Trillium your beauty cannot be denied

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Love

My love for you is endless
Being with you makes my heart beat race and climb
Together in wedded bliss
Growing stronger over time
Throughout eternity our love is sublime

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