Oh glowing new day Awake us we pray With cheer. The last ran away-- Return and allay Our fear. For night's dark dismay We cannot convey; Not here. Oh sun, you survey New life, and decay Severe. In hope led astray Come quick while you may Adhere. New
Great! Now see What you've done: My nails weren't dry And you've ruined my manicure, genius. postscript DFC day 9. At first I was going to write more stanzas using this form, the tetractys. But then I realized this worked so much better in
Lost like vict'ry, death unto life: hold back the wars of years run through. How we felt loss of warriors bold--suffered for us, ag'ny undue. Forgive us our sins and wash us clean. We'll take the worst only from you. Yours is the war,
Cast aside your darkness, Chosen for its beauty, Tempting as dragons' gold Deadly in its grip. Chosen for its beauty, The object of your love, Deadly in the grip Of dragons--of death. The object of your love, Is tempting as dragons' gold; Of dragons, and of death Cast
Stealing like a frozen thief The winter tiptoes in, Cooling fervent, bold belief And undermining sin. Come winter chill: I know your will. It wakes my sorrow, makes me ill. Come winter chill, Come winter chill, I have the strength to hate you still. You bite like wolfish jaws of