A Hand To Hold
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Tail-Rhyme
A Tail-Rhyme (also known as a tailed-rhyme) is a type of poem that has a very specific structure. In short, the piece begins with either a couplet or a triplet of lines that consist of rhymed lines. This set of either a couplet or triplet is then followed by a "tail", which is a line that does not rhyme with the couplet or triplet that preceded it. This tail line tends to be shorter in length than those lines within the couplet or triplet. This type of poetry can also be used with stanza, known as a tail-rhyme stanza, but in these pieces, all of the tail lines rhyme with each other.
Someone out there is searching for a hand to hold,
a kind word, perhaps a blanket against the cold,
it might even be you.
We live in a world of indifference and greed
and though we hear cries of anguish, no one pays heed,
you know that to be true.
We believe we're sentient beings with a soul
and that our spiritual conscience makes us whole,
at least it's supposed to.
I know all the right words that glorify God's love
but reality belies heaven lies above,
nothing's changed, nothing's new.
When I end my stay on this plane of existence
I will die knowingly, with little resistance,
and bid this life adieu.
(Tail-Rhyme Stanza)
07/27/2020
Copyright © Emile Pinet | Year Posted 2020
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