Irish forms -- Audl Gwydd (owdl gow-widd)
Each stanza is a quatrain of 7 syllables
Lines 2 & 4 rhyme,
Lines 1 & 3 cross-rhyme into either the 3rd, 4th, or 5 th syllables of lines 2& 4.
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Falling is a way to die
from the high bridges and planes
some tempted fate, others tried
suicide, escaped their pains.
Dying is a way to fall;
To God's call our soul replies
and heads home, while flesh and bone
in graves thrown can never rise.
Falling is a way to fly:
soaring high kites look like gulls
but grounded by a strong string.
Though winds bring it high, earth pulls.
I like the interlocking rhyme scheme of this form. The second stanza really works for me, in every sense. I love the strength of the internal rhymes ... fall/call and bone/thrown. Structurally sound and so well worded, love it.