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