Spent childhood days along the shore,
turned cherished mem'ries to adore.
Imagination set ablaze,
along the shore, spent childhood days.
Soft golden sand, li'l footprints trail,
whilst swaying plastic yellow pail;
a mighty fortress castle planned ...
li'l footprints trail soft golden sand.
Now, anchored tight, a pirate ship,
whose sneaky bandits nightly slip ...
steal treasures; quickly reunite
a pirate ship now anchored tight.
'Tween cresting waves, fair mermaids swim,
long auburn tresses glint 'n shim,
flash pearly smiles; then, misbehaves ...
fair mermaids swim 'tween cresting waves.
Soon shall ensnare strange ocean pest,
humped Loch Ness monster's oft possessed!
Quick surfacing, without a care,
strange ocean pest shall soon ensnare.
So, gently step amongst sea shells,
sweet music of vast ocean dwells
dance happily in timely rep ...
amongst sea shells, so gently step.
Bright, grateful smile, as sunset spills;
imagination full of thrills
along the shore lives for awhile,
as sunset spills bright grateful smile.
Alas, tides shift, those charmed days gone,
yearned cherished memories hold on;
a childhood blessed, once precious gift,
those charmed days gone, alas, tides shift!
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Author Notes
Special thank you to Richard W. Jenkins for introducing me to this form :-)
Swap Quatrain
Attributed to Lorraine M. Kanter
Within the Swap Quatrain each stanza in the poem must be a quatrain (four lines)
where the first line is separated at the fourth syllable and reversed in the fourth line.
In addition, line 2 must rhyme with line 1, and line 3 must rhyme with line 4 and so on, and no limit
to number of stanzas, BUT must not repeat the same rhyming pattern on subsequent stanzas.
Eight syllables per line. Rhyming pattern: AabB, CcdD, and so on.
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