Monday, October 1, 2012
Harlequin Comments
Rating: ★5.0
The world lay brown and barren at the closing of the year,
Where the rushes shook and shuddered on the borders of the mere,
And the troubled tide ran shoreward, where the estuaries twined
Through the wide and empty marsh toward the sullen hills behind:
And the smoke-engirdled city sulked beneath the leaden skies,
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7/26/2025 7:20:33 PM # 1.0.0
This was really a fun read! He's got rhythm and rhyme down pat and he knows exactly how far to go with alliteration which is a poetic tool to be used with discretion and an easy hand- - - - -With sheen of silver scenery, and sleigh-bells' merry din, The whole world laughed and capered 'neath the wand of Harlequin!