Exceptional Englyn Penfyr A World Changed by Susanjohn Rhyming Poetry Contest contest entry

If I could change the world today, I would … cease childhood pain and defray where innocent become prey.   Rebuild generations of shattered lives,  when edged knives pierce souls battered, and most human love, scattered.   N'er loneliness ensnare a child as friend; nor, wend a spirit exiled … weeping, heartlessly defiled.   I'd banish all evil - true twisted minds, mankind's shamelessly askew ... through blazing fires, forged brand-new.   May every child warmed by a womb within begin … eyes cast t'ward the sky, knowing pure love ~ lifted high.   Author Notes Englyn Penfyr (in-glin pin-fir) The Englyn Penfyr is one of 24 traditional Welsh stanzaic forms, dating as far back as the early 8th century, it was recited before royalty. Composed of 3 lines; L1 is 10 syllables, while L2 and L3 are 7 syllables each; The first occurrence of the dominant rhyme in L1 is followed by a syllable and a rhyme, which is repeated within the first two or three syllables of line 2. Three verses is considered a poem, but there is no verse limit. The rhyme scheme per verse, therefore, is A-b, b-A, A as follows: xxxxxxxA-xb xbxxxxA xxxxxxA xxxxxxxC-xd xdxxxxC xxxxxxC xxxxxxxE-xf xfxxxxE xxxxxxE Etc....

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