Aurora's Legend (Internal Rhyme)

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Alison

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since 2008-01-27

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0 posted 2008-05-23 12:37 PM

Aurora’s Legend

Late at night as mortals sleep the oceans cover castles’ keep.
Despite grasp of darkened sky, a magic garden reaches high;
world once silent is filled with song, the lilting tunes now belong
Waves seem docile leave with tides; another world then comes alive.

Humans slumber; silent sleep, as mermaids waken down so deep.
Silver sheen from graceful tails; and jewelry shines on glassy scales.
Hair of brown and golden red will sweep the richest coral beds;
joyous music without end to rise above and soar in winds.

People view such wondrous dreams while touched by imagery never seen;
mermaids rise from watery lands and tend the Earth with gentle hands.
Solos lift from deepest seas, the mermaids dance so gracefully.
Sprinkled rainbows, fall on sands, while shining lights weave crystal bands.

Magic carpets flying high, fingered light to touch onyx sky.
Strands of color flirt with night; mermaids below enjoy the sight.
Western shores with hints of gray will hasten maidens to away;
diving deep to water lands, they offer gifts of ribbon strands

Darkness becomes early day and beckons lights to teasingly play;
colors dance, this gift from below, casting down a lovely glow.
People watch the wondrous sight and name the show “The Northern Lights”.
Aurora bright, aurora strong; celebrate this nocturnal song!

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Alison

[This message has been edited by Alison (05-24-2008 01:05 AM).]

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

1 posted 2008-05-27 12:06 PM

I found some areas to clean up - so this is a rewrite of above.
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Aurora’s Legend

Late at night as mortals sleep, the oceans cover castles’ keep.
Despite grasp of darkened sky, a magic garden reaches high;
world once silent fills with songs, the lilting tunes now ring out strong
Waves seem docile leave with tides; this other world then comes alive.

Humans slumber; silent sleep, as mermaids waken down so deep.
Silver sheen from graceful tails; and jewelry shines on glassy scales.
Hair of brown and golden red will sweep the richest coral beds;
joyous music without end to rise above and soar in winds.

People view such wondrous dreams while touched by imagery never seen;
mermaids rise from watery lands and tend the Earth with gentle hands.
Solos lift from deepest seas, the mermaids dance so gracefully.
Sprinkled rainbows fall on sands, while shining lights weave crystal bands.

Magic moonbeams flying high, fingered streamers touch onyx sky.
Strands of color flirt with night, the maids then dance to see the sights.
Western shores with hints of gray will hasten maidens to away;
diving deep to water lands, they offer gifts of ribbon strands

Darkness becomes early day and beckons lights to flirt and play;
colors dance, this gift from below, casting down a lovely glow.
People watch the wondrous sight and name the show “The Northern Lights”.
Shining bright, they dance so strong and bring to life our northern song!

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Alison

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2 posted 2008-05-27 07:44 AM

Alison, this is really an excellent poem. The imagery and imagination you display are top-notch and you use the internal rhyme in a natural and striking way.

There are a few places where it needs to be tweaked and, due to a long workday, I won't be able to get out my tweaking pen until later tonight but I'll be back.

Very nice work, though. Hard to believe you're the same Alison as a month ago when you couldn't get through an iambic sentence! You are doing great...

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