Jewelled—the night sky,

Dreams my eyes espy,

With you…

Like a winged firefly,

Wishes that soar high,

Seem true…

Alas! Soon they die

‘Twas a woven lie

Untrue

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Poetry Style : Lai

Lai is a French form and has the following features:

A 9-line, one-stanza poem, following the aabaabaab rhyme scheme.

All a lines have 5 syllables; all b lines have 2 syllables

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This poem was wriiten for prompt 1 of Tale-a-thlon season 4 challenge by Penmancy. It was first published here