Like a peregrine
caught in a tailspin,
hard pressed
to find calm within.
To escape the din,
to rest,
seeks his lover’s inn.
Ah sweet nest of skin,
sweet breast.
Form of poem is a Lai: nine-line stanza with syllabic and rhyme requirements as follows:
line 1: 5 syllables, rhyme word a
line 2: 5 syllables, rhymes with a
line 3: 2 syllables, rhyme word b
line 4: 5 syllables, rhymes with a
line 5: 5 syllables, rhymes with a
line 6: 2 syllables, rhymes with b
line 7: 5 syllabkes, rhymes with a
line 8: 5 syllables, rhymes with a
line 9: 2 syllablesm rhymes with b
Written for dVerse, the virtual pub for poets.
Photo from pixabay.com
lillian the home poet 
I didn’t even notice the form, so A-plus for that. And you can never go wrong with birds as a subject. (K)
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Agree, about the form. It reads so well.
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Lovely piece. Lots of motion 🙂
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Beautiful
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Deeply romantic. I love the use of “peregrine” – works as a bird and as a pilgrim.
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Nice line: “Ah sweet nest of skin” I had not thought of skin as a nest before.
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Wow this reads effortlessly Lillian. And I love also the use of the peregrine.
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Beautifully written. I couldn’t even tell it was a form.
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This is lovely and I love the peregrine tailspin and the need for solace.
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