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
