Created by: Jose Rizal M. Reyes
Structure: Two quatrains plus two tercets
Meter: Decasyllabic or pentameter
Rhyme scheme: abba baab cdc dcd
Example
Truth of Darkness by Jez Farmer
There is no beginning without an end
A flower can’t bloom unless winter dies
And the seed awakens from dreamy sighs
And tendrils of life through the cold earth wend
For deep in the darkness life grows, not cries
As only from death can new life transcend
This universal power cannot bend
For it is truth beyond the holy lies
That pray for a revelation too late
For time and nature wish to here no more
The rantings from those born of fear and hate
Nature knows only of the ancient lore
While humans demand it all on a plate
As flowers bloom Man’s denied ever more
A Garret Poet 