Brian Strand, UK
Triple
Quatrain*
Cradle Song
Little baby, so
snugly sleep
sweet dream, dear child, no longer weep,
in these arms slumber deep;
Dearest darling, beloved child,
so innocent, so meek and mild,
we in wonder beguiled;
Precious, perfect, in miniature,
voicing gurgled thoughts so pure,
in these arms slumber sure;
A gift from heaven, all suppose,
blessed in this quiet repose,
safe, secure, as you doze.
*The triple
quatrain—an 8/8/6 syllable form rhymed
aaabbbcccddd
is based on the many derivatives of the fourteener that
became the basis of the sonnet when split 8/6 which then form
quatrains and or triplets as in my variation in this poem.
~Brian Strand, UK

childwriter's
sketchbook, Vol. 4, No. 1
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