Soft balalaikas echo...,
harps and red wine
...daggers in the chest
Rubano Gypsy heart...
gentle balalaikas,
harps and wine
...loving daggers heart
rubano corazón...
Looking for the formal definition, structure, and history of this poetry form? Visit the Poetry Dictionary entry below. Then return to explore how PoetrySoup members bring the form to life through their own poems.