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Rubaiyat
The plural version of a Rubai. The Rubai is a quatrain...with the rhyming of aaba, but for more than one Rubai, the rhyming of your Rubaiyat could be...bbab and consequently, ccbc and so on. Or aaba, ccdc, eefe, etc. all stanzas must have the same meter but different rhyming patterns and follow the same frame of thoughts.
Spring, Summer, and Autumn are Her rival,
but they all pale to Winter's arrival.
She is less subtle than the other three,
so shelter's a matter of survival.
Jack Frost is tethered to Her every whim
and She enjoys exclusive use of him.
She's fond of the art that He chisels on
windowpanes, though frost is but a prelim.
Winter's an artist; freezing flakes of snow,
She sculpts an iceberg archipelago.
She is a master of frozen beauty,
and a heartless generalissimo.
I saw a few tumbling snowflakes today,
harbingers of many more on their way.
For it's getting below freezing outside,
and the children have gone inside to play.
Suddenly, the sky is feathered with flakes
of confetti; Winter won the sweepstakes.
And when Her season becomes official,
She'll rule over all lands, rivers, and lakes.
(Rubaiyat)
Nov. 16, 2018
Copyright © Emile Pinet | Year Posted 2018
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