A kyrielle
Every body drained of its blood, He came to be known as the Leech. While screams filled his mind like a flood, He quilled stirring ballads for each. For months, he'd observe them closely, Even learned their manners of speech. They were local heroes, mostly; He quilled stirring ballads for each. He would softly interview them, Even as they'd mercy beseech, But the warm ink would not be stemmed; He quilled stirring ballads for each.
A Kyrielle is a French form of rhyming poetry written in quatrains (a stanza consisting of 4 lines), and each quatrain contains a repeating line or phrase as a refrain (usually appearing as the last line of each stanza). Each line within the poem consists of only eight syllables. There is no limit to the amount of stanzas a Kyrielle may have, but three is considered the accepted minimum.
Some popular rhyming schemes for a Kyrielle are: aabB, ccbB, ddbB, with B being the repeated line, or abaB, cbcB, dbdB.
Mixing up the rhyme scheme is possible for an unusual pattern of: axaZ, bxbZ, cxcZ, dxdZ, etc. with Z being the repeated line.
The rhyme pattern is completely up to the poet.
The Skeptic's Kaddish ๐ฎ๐ฑ 
Brilliant! ๐๐โค๏ธ
๐ Diana ๐ – Thank you!
-David
Horrifying. The words creep into you leaving you numb.
๐ Terveen ๐
Great read, well written, clever both in subject and its form.
๐ Paul ๐ – much appreciated!
-David
This is quite dark and haunting but so well done.
๐ Deepthy ๐
Great poem!The picture on top almost made me freak out ๐
hey – you’re the one who asked me about horror movies, aren’t you? ๐
Haha yeah, but I didn’t see that one coming!I expected some wine bottle or something else..complete surprise.
Wow! Powerful! I think you have a movie plot pitch here!! Or next bestseller horror novel.
๐ Thanks, Matthew ๐
How very dark & disturbing of you…
๐ Tina ๐
Creepy
That just about sums it up ๐
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Nice job David. I hope I never meet him.
๐ฅฐ Lauren ๐ฅฐ ~ thanks!
-David