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A Zejel

A chapter in the book Little Poems

The Beauty In the Ferns

by Treischel




What beauty dances 'midst the ferns
In twilight bright she twists and turns
So unadorned, without concerns

I saw her sprinkle fairy dust
A necessary aid, I trust
To make a magic spell adjust
The brightness there above the ferns

Accompanied by a thunder clash
It caused a momentary flash
Of radiance, a brilliant splash
That spread a glow across the ferns

A sight you don't see every day
This vision took my breath away
A naked nymph in full display
Prancing, dancing, within the ferns

Oh how I wish that I could be
Released to be as free as she
I'd revel in the liberty
Right there, surrounded by those ferns





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Within the Fern Room at the Como Park Conservatory is a fountain with a dancing nymph. I shot this picture through the ferns for effect. It inspired this poem.

This poem is a Zejel.
ZEJEL: A Spanish form. The first stanza, known as the mudanza, has three lines, rhyming aaa. All other stanzas, as many as you like, have 4 lines, with the rhyme going back to the first stanza.

Rhyme Scheme: aaa bbba ccca ddda etc.

Colloquial language tends to be used. Meter: 8-syllable lines (not obligatory).

This photograph was taken by the author himself.
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