Poetry and writings for 2020

The Lost Robin

The Lost Robin
By Lisa Noe

You found a little Robin and saved its life
Stole it from the jaws of death, preserving it alright
You placed it in a cage and nursed it so well
Feeding it hourly and petting its tail
You gave it love and cherished it
Talked to it like a child, by its side you sit
Knowing that you’d have to let it go so it could fly
It flew into the apple tree and returned right to your side
Once again you fed it and stroked its wings
Watching for the three wise cats
Who want to pounce upon it and kill it for their dinner
You listen to it calling from the tree as it sings
Its song is one you recognize you heard it singing while it sat
The wild bird, which you saved, makes you a winner
Finally, it flew away, but it’s the happiness it brings.

The Persepolis Sonnet was devised by Leny Roovers as a blend of Eastern and Western poetic traditions. The first eight lines are structured in the form of a Persian Mathnawi with rhyming couplets aa bb cc dd, and the last six lines are in the Italian pattern efg efg. The Eastern pattern of eleven syllables per line and the Italian iambic pentameter has been loosened up for contemporary poets