The,Quatorzain Form

REQUIEM 
nothing moves,
silence!
echos of voices,past
awake!
faces appear,then
depart!
a tear trickles,
slowly!
the music plays,
faintly!
emotion erupts,
again!

regret whispers,
in pain!

Note:
a quatorzain is a stanza or poem of fourteen lines
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Wolf Avatar
December 9, 2016 at 10:39 AM
Good one, Brian! I just looked it up and from french quatorze or fourteen! Similar to the sonnet!
Strand Avatar
December 9, 2016 at 1:05 PM
Yes indeed Rick,thanks
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