Cynghanedd Poems | Examples


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Five Frivilious Letters Last Poem

4974

Five Thousand Soon Will Reach

This is the number I do want to reach;
Maybe soon Trump they will impeach;
Makes us nervous;
Never joined service;
Lesson to politicians we should teach.

Jim Horn

Englyn. What is that anyway?

Englyn, a group of strict Welsh poetic metres.                                               The most popular form is the englyn unodl                                                      union (“direct monorhyme englyn”), which 
is a combination of a cywydd, a type of                                                   rhyming couplet, and another form and is                                                     written in an intricate pattern of alliteration                                               and rhyme called cynghanedd. Wow!!!

Still over ten again. 

Two Daughters Did Die

4975

Their two terrific daughters did die;
Both were sad and often would cry;
Death did part,
And broke heart;
Now are in heaven high in the sky. 

Jim Horn

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