nocturnal goddess I am
not of human form
shaped like sliver moon
my candle burns at both ends
headdress gleaned from stars
burning blazing they produce light
beauty etched in darkened scrim
it will not last the night
wars desecrate my vision
some of you defile my spirit
create hell in falling sky
but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends
acts of kindness, innocence of babes
good will shall overcome cruelty
and like the warmth of rising sun
it gives a lovely light

Written for NAPOWRIMO Day 3 where the prompt is to write a Spanish form of poertry called a glosa – a form new to me. “Take a quatrain from a poem that you like, and then write a four-stanza poem that explains or responds to each line of the quatrain, with each of the quatrain’s four lines in turn forming the last line of each stanza.”
My glosa references Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem, which is one quatrain in length, First Fig:
My candle burns at both ends;
it will not last the night;
but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends –
it gives a lovely light!
Oh, my friend, that second stanza sings! “headdress gleaned from stars/
burning blazing they produce light/
beauty etched in darkened scrim/
it will not last the night” I think Edna would most definitely approve.
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Such a wonderful poem and the four lines you chose to recreate.
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Lovely. All of it. Happy NaPo-ing. 👏
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