Did you know that several ruba'i are called a rubaiyat? I sure didn't, until today.
This, from the oracle (aka NaPoWriMo):
"Today I challenge you to write a ruba’i. What’s that? Well, it’s a Persian form — multipe stanzas in the ruba’i form are a rubaiyat, as in The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Basically, a ruba’i is a four-line stanza, with a rhyme scheme of AABA. Robert Frost’s famous poem Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening uses this rhyme scheme. You can write a poem composed of one ruba’i, or try your hand at more, for a rubaiyat."
So, without further ado, here goes either a ruba'i or maybe a rubaiyat. We'll see. (Not to worry; it won't be as long as Omar's.)
Homecoming
Back in the north I put on warmer clothes
my skin is dry, the sun tan leaves my nose
I look at pictures of the beach down south,
try not to let myself become morose.
The cat is glad to see me, wants to cuddle
at night I beg a fire round which to huddle
tequila I've abandoned; now it's tea
the climate here has got me in a muddle.
I go for walks but miss the waves' refrain
instead I have to put up with this rain
that falls and falls and turns the garden green
and makes the walking muddy in the lane.
my skin is dry, the sun tan leaves my nose
I look at pictures of the beach down south,
try not to let myself become morose.
The cat is glad to see me, wants to cuddle
at night I beg a fire round which to huddle
tequila I've abandoned; now it's tea
the climate here has got me in a muddle.
I go for walks but miss the waves' refrain
instead I have to put up with this rain
that falls and falls and turns the garden green
and makes the walking muddy in the lane.
And I think that's as far as I'm going with this one, having already done one blogpost today. Time to go out for a walk, I think. A brisk one that will get me warm!
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1 comment:
ahhhh, so nice to see that familiar wave sound and sight- I often would wake up at night and think for a second I was in a November storm here, thx!
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