Sunlight Dances

"POETRY IN RHYME - RHYTHM CONTEST-winner"  one of three winners, 9/10/09

Sunlight Dances

Sunlight dances on light and dark,
A wooden bridge leads to a park.
A flagstone walkway curves with ease,
Around green plants 'neath blooming trees.

Memories flow striking a spark,
Sunlight dances on light and dark.
Shadows flicker from days gone by,
Scenes of love return with a sigh.

Our hearts were pledged to each other,
Sacred vows to one another.
Sunlight dances on light and dark,
In stately oak, we carved our mark.

Our love has lasted to this day,
Through laughter and tears, work and play.
Still on life's journey we embark,
Sunlight dances on light and dark.

A Quatern is a sixteen line French form composed of four quatrains. It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain. The first line of stanza one is the second line of stanza two, third line of stanza three, and fourth line of stanza four. A quatern has eight syllables per line. It does not have to be iambic or follow a set rhyme scheme.