Time for poets to belly up the the bar (the form bar) in dVerse Poets Pub. Grace re-introduces us to the paradelle ~ a modern poetic form invented by Billy Collins ~~ a parody of the villanelle.
witches cackle under moon's eerie glow
witches cackle under moon's eerie glow
trees cast bare shadows below
trees cast bare shadows below
bare trees cast eerie shadows
under moon's glow below ~ witches cackle
pumpkins don twisty masks ~ ghouls on the prowl
pumpkins don twisty masks ~ ghouls on the prowl
lightening flashes cross haunted night
lightening flashes cross haunted night
haunted ghouls don twisty lightening flashes
pumpkins, masks on the prowl ~ night-cross
voodoo spells bind lovers in eternal dance
voodoo spells bind lovers in eternal dance
visions of forever drift through the air
visions of forever drift through the air
lovers dance, spells bind ~ air-drift through
in voodoo visions of forever-eternal
under moon's eternal voodoo glow
through bare trees cast in haunted visions of 'below'
twisty eerie night shadows air-drift cross
pumpkins on the prowl don masks ~ ghouls dance
lightening flashes ~ witches cackle
forever-spells ~ lovers bind