Breccbairdnes

Note: I don't know what the plural for this is.

The breccbairdne is an Irish, 4-line, rhyming, syllabic stanza form that can also be used stand-alone. The first line has 5 syllables and the remaining lines have 6. The rhyme pattern is A/B/C/B, and all end words must be two syllables.

It has a few special requirements from ancient Celtic poetic practice: all end words must be consonant, lines should feature assonance and alliteration, and the poem should end with the same syllable it began (a common feature of Irish forms).

Poems

1. 2025-05-09

   Engrave each contract
   To enclose the commons
   On the spinal columns
   Of our civic cravens.

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   Rough, and probably doesn't have enough harmonies, but I managed to figure one out.