I do this in alot of my song writing; putting a end of verse 'refrain' instead of verse. I don't think a 'chorus' is appropriate for every song. Story songs are great for a 'refrain'.

What I really like to do with the verses is set up the way you interpret the 'refrain' in a different way. Hooks & refrains are often metaphors, therefore there are many different way to see the meaning of the words, even within the same storyline.

I've also experimented with putting repeating lines in different places. for example, I had a song where each verse was eight lines. Line one of each verse was the same, line 4 of each verse was the same and line 8 of each verse was the same. I liked the turn out. It's fun to play with structure.