What to Submit?
1 New Poem on any theme using the Double Swap Quatrain Form.
The Double Swap Quatrain is a form I created in 2025.
The Double Swap Quatrain consists of a series of Quatrains where Lines 1 and 4 are swapped in each stanza, and where Line 3 of the preceding stanza is swapped to become Line 2 of the next stanza.
4 Lines per stanza, 8 syllables per Line
16 0R 20 Lines, Exact rhymes only
Rhyme Pattern: aabb, ccdd, eeff ....etc
Use rhymezone.com and howmanysyllables.com. Multiple Placements
Example
Winter Horse
Again the dreams, each dark cold night,
of a white horse, oh sweet delight;
he turns to me, waiting it seems,
each dark cold night, again the dreams.
The snow falls, each flake filigree,
waiting it seems, he turns to me;
a small bird sings, with sad birdcalls,
each flake filigree, the snow falls.
Oh ... be still, I ask my heartstrings,
with sad birdcalls, a small bird sings;
the night quiet, I hear his trill,
I ask my heartstrings, oh ... be still.
And we ride, his hooves a riot,
I hear his trill, the night quiet;
across a meadow, swift we glide,
his hooves a riot, and we ride.
Constance LaFrance