Harley White Poet Double Dactyl

Double Dactyl

Hickory dickory,
Beauteous Rosamond,
Sleeping so silently
One hundred years…

Come your awakening,
Phantasmagorical,
When a Prince Charming can
Conquer your fears.



~ Harley White

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Kurt Ravidas April 16, 2019 at 7:37 PM Agreed. I just mean that ductyl looks like waltz musically. Harley White April 18, 2019 at 7:23 AM Nice association... The 'double dactyl' (with an 'a') has a fixed structure. There must be two stanzas, each comprising three lines of dactylic dimeter... etc. Look it up and you'll see.

Kurt Ravidas April 16, 2019 at 5:18 PM Waltzing around sleeping beauty) Harley White April 16, 2019 at 5:20 PM I see those tales as sort of mythological...