Thursday, September 23, 2021

agape

harvest moon, cast your magic spell-

moonshine above the trees, we'll dwell

on your milky dreams, do not tell


us poets that we cannot write

myths, songs & sonnets of black knights,

sad ballads of yesterdays, sprites

enamored with lost love, don't quell  


our secrets, so we may tear

down books & canvas with no fear-

torch monuments with our spears-

only pen letters that moves, swells


our ribs to waves of darkest sea

our heart with songs by the bees

our feet to stardust, far & free 

we hold you - a pearl, breathing shell



Posted for dVerse Poets Pub:   Poetry Form is Zéjel is a Spanish form with Arabic influence.  The pub doors open at 3pm EST.   Info about the form:

Here are the basic rules for zejel:

First stanza is a tercet (3-line stanza) with an AAA rhyme scheme

All other stanzas are quatrains (4-line stanzas) with a XXXA rhyme scheme, so the second stanza would be BBBA, third CCCA, fourth DDDA, and so on to the end of the poem

Lines are usually 8 syllables long

21 comments:

  1. I love the feeling of complicity with the moon: I think most poets can identify with that feeling, for all of the inspiration it provides!

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  2. Oh, this is wonderful! It sings with magic--a delight!

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  3. I love the magic setting with the moon, so timely with the autumn full moon here. My Chinese colleagues have just feasted on moon cake.

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  4. the moon was starting to show her face as i cycled home from work this evening. i am sure her spell has been cast here.

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  5. Grace,
    From "harvest moon" to "a pearl, breathing shell" you had me holding my breath on this magical, whimsical description of poetic yearnings. Brilliant.
    pax,
    dora

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  6. The moon as a pearl—brilliant image! And the milky dreams bit makes me think of having a baby/breastfeeding. It’s almost like this whole group of poets and artists is having a baby together, with some romantic lighting provided by the moonshine. The baby, the pearl, could even be a collaborative book.

    I love that song—“Harvest Moon.”

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  7. I've been captured by the moon lately as well. Your poem makes me want to go out and look at it now.

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  8. What a spell you have cast with your beautiful Zéjel!

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  9. How many poets have been inspired by "moonshine above the trees"? Indeed all is at our fingertips with her beauty.

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  10. The moon with all of its wonders, rightly framed in your write. Wonderful take Grace!

    Hank

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  11. So beautiful! I think I did mine wrong,

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  12. I guess we were both thinking about the moon - love your moon-inspired Zéjel.

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  13. This is so well done Grace. You really caught the rhythm of this form. With wonderful images, as always.

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  14. written with whimsical artistic flair ..
    ahh for harvest moons and pearl shells,
    a magical spell

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  15. Relatable. So lovely and romantic. Thanks for sharing.

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  16. I love 'dwelling on the moon's milky dreams'.
    Beautiful, Grace!

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