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POETRY
Lai of the Land
the rain has ended
the birds pretended
to sleep
now they prance in mud
where their snacks blended
and peep
from the earth’s splendid
and well-tended
fresh keep
One of the 9-line poetic forms presented in Poemorama is the lai . . . .
. . . .which I am sharing with you here today. I wrote this a while ago (April 9th, in fact) and am just coming back to it. I guess birds are a bit of a theme for me lately! I cheated a little bit and deviated from the rhythm, but as the artist I consider myself licensed to do this. Thanks for reading!
