The Swan Queen
A Poem Inspired by 'The Wild Swans' by Elenore Plaisted Abbott, 1922
Introduction
I love this painting shared by The Enchanted Booklet on Facebook here
This is a freeform poem consisting of tercets with five-syllable lines, without deliberate rhymes. I was looking for a more formal construct, but this fell into place, and so I thought I would leave it as is.
The music is "Queen of Swans" by Mercury Rev
The Swan Queen
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The Queen Weaves Her Threads
Fairy Beauty With
Eleven Crowned Swans
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Her Fingers Sewing
Magical Futures
For The Good Of All
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She Is The Swan Queen
Light Personified
She Will Always Be
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To Weave Forever
With Needle And Thread
That's Her Endeavour
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Here Sits The Swan Queen
With Eleven Swans
Pure Feathered Beauty
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Comments (4)
It's great, Mike! Not a winner for a clogyrnach contest, but a winner nonetheless! Thank you!β€οΈIf I get it in a booklet, I will send you a copy!π
This is one of my favorite fairytales.
Bravo! Love this adaptation.
You are a visual writer for I could see the activity of throughout the poem. (For some reason my computer was not showing the artwork only your poem. Great work.