Prince Henry, glass-eyed
with fetish for feet
-dainty-
but his search for bride
is futile, his pride
plainly
lost, his friends would snide
He's love-struck moon-dyed
daisy!
Cinderella, she
is happy as bee
tipsy
as skipper on spree-
she crated to sea
whimsy
dreams - Prince Charming - he -
a past, her soul - free
gypsy
Stepsister, coiffed stiff
grumpy - date with quiff
missing
She's Insta-belle, biff
with her is death gif
Listen
No balls, just a spiff
on Tinder, star-swish
fishing
(Note: daisy- urban definition: to be lame and act in a grandma like fashion) Posted for dVerse Poetry Form: Lai and Lai Nouveau.
Also late post for dVerse Poetics: Myths and Legends, hosted by Anmol.
Poetic form is Lai. This is our next poetry form, including Lai Nouveau, which I will be hosting.
This basic form Lai,comprises of a five syllabled couplet followed by a two syllable line. The number of lines in each stanza is fixed at nine and the couplets must rhyme with each other, as the two syllable lines must also rhyme. In English this line is probably the most difficult part of the poem.
The Lai is a very old French form and tradition states that the short line must not be indented, it must be left dressed to the poem. This is known as Arbre Fourchu (Forked Tree) there is a pattern meant to be set up as a tree.
The number of lines in each stanza is fixed at nine. The number of stanzas is not fixed and each stanza has its own rhyme pattern. The rhyme pattern is... a. a. b. a. a. b. a. a. b.
