Lighting up my mind’s cobbled alleyway
Lively, buoyant dreams rebooted my soul
Love and glee enveloped me straightaway
Liberated to feel replete and whole
Igniting thousands of dying cinders
Iridescent hopes bounce back to soar high
Inked with certitude, conflates my flinders
Ipseity rekindles, wistful brine bids goodbye
Gleaming hopes ripple; abysmal memories drown
Garbs of darkness fade into obscurity
Giggles, chuckles smother sinister frown
Goading me to nurture dreams with sincerity
Layers of shimmering dreams pace through dark
Lilting in the golden chink of soul light
Luminous, twinkling with cauldrons of spark
Like a shooting star magical, surreal sight.
Poet’s note:Â
The type of poem is Trolaan. Created by Valerie Peterson Brown, Trolaan is a poem consisting of 4 quatrains. Each quatrain begins with the same letter.
Rhyme scheme:Â abab
Syllable count:Â 6-12 syllables/line
Starting with the second stanza you use the second letter of the first line of the first stanza to write the second each line beginning with that letter.
On the third stanza you will use the second letter on the first line of the second stanza and write the third each line beginning with that letter.
On the fourth stanza you will use the second letter on the first line of the third stanza and write the fourth each line beginning with that letter.