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jove
jove
Feb 12, 2010 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Outhouse hero (Rubaiyat)

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  • Oh candle bright, hold back the night,
  • unlikely hero of the light .
  • Fend off the evil in the dark,
  • oh spark of hope, pray end my plight .
  • Be gentle wind this night I ask,
  • please aid my hero in it’s task.
  • On this our journey we embark,
  • oh fate does wear a fickle mask.
  • Oh dare we race to tempt our fate,
  • arrive in darkness much to late?
  • To take a chance and miss our mark,
  • oh dearest flicker don’t abate.
  • Oh drat and darn, I do abhor ,
  • that spiteful gust and just before.
  • That snuffed my heros tiny spark,
  • and just out side the outhouse door.
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  • By Jove!
— jove, Feb 12, 2010

About the Author

Region, Country: British Columbia, CAN

Favorite Poets: me, ... what can I say I can't dance. lol

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xena465

xena465

16 years 4 months ago

Against the wind...

I like the way you use the elements to express your feelings. I really like this one. Rosina xena465
jove

jove

16 years 4 months ago

Thank you Rosina

I said I would post one you would like next, In a post on my last poem's reply pannel , and I did ! Or so it would seem , Ahem ! Glad you liked this one; it won't be folloing my last one to the moon! lol By Jove !
jove

jove

16 years 4 months ago

Well met Kal

Thank you it was fun to write as well. And yes both the poetry style and I are French ! lol It is pronounced as you have it there above. it is spelled Rubaiyat .I have many Rondau as well as all other french styles of poetry in both languages . lol As I am publishing in French right now I do not post any. By Jove !
xena465

xena465

16 years 3 months ago

Happy Valentines

Happy Valentines Day Rosina xena465

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