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D. Thurmond Aka Jef (James Everett Falcon)

D. Thurmond Aka Jef (James Everett Falcon)

Irish Poems

Deibide Baise Fri Toin

The Banshee
wailed as I said to the sea
“One more sunrise before I
die”
 
JE Falcon
04-12-2022
 
***
 
Oh Lassie
you are sexy and sassy
and too much for me I fear
Dear
 
JE Falcon
04-12-2022
 
***
 
Years past
I was lean and mean and fast
now the years have slipped on by
Sigh
 
JE Falcon
04-12-2022

Deibide Baise Fri Toin Poems --- The deibide baise fri toin is a fun Irish poetic form that utilizes simple rhymes with wild swings in line length. Here are the basic guidelines:
The poem and/or stanzas within the poem are quatrains (or 4-line stanzas).
Rhyme scheme for each stanza is a simple aabb pattern.
Lines one and two rhyme on a two-syllable word.
Lines three and four rhyme on a monosyllabic word.
Line one has three syllables, line two has seven, line three has seven, and line four has one.

#Banshee #Fast #Sassy #Years

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The Melody

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