The Tale of Tzar Saltan, (Flight of the Bumblebee)
Swan-Bird; instruct me and pray ye swift
That I might show (Babs) as villainous
For he forced Father's self-abolishment to his beloved gift
Thrice- as insect- my revenge has proven venomous
So out of the sea- my flight becomes son-ominous
http://enwikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Bumblebee
Inspirations:
Aleksandr Pushkin's original poem
Fanfare - a vignette about a "piece" of music
April 14th 2009
Contest Sponsor: Brian Strand
Written in Quintain (English) form: rhyming sequence of ababb, no set measure or foot
All rights reserved - reposted 6-3-09
Copyright © Sandra Hudson | Year Posted 2009
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