My Cousin, My Friend

My inspiration

FORM ▶︎

Breccbairdne An old Irish poetry form.

It is written in quatrains.
Each stanza has four lines.
The first line has five syllables.
The other three lines have six syllables.
All end words are two syllables.

I love my cousin
the best of a dozen
her head's always buzzin'
and she's always musin'

So there's no fussin'
I've given the reason
white or green the season
Why I love my cousin!