Wind Elf (A Compound Word Verse)

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Along the rolling hills I hear
your mournful singing haunting clear
yet windblown.

Under the moon’s vapid eye
how can I, elf, to you deny
your windsongs?

I’ll keep you under lock and key
lest you flee and escape from me
as windstorm.

The elvish king shall have you back
when he returns the one I lack
now windbound.

On Hallow’s Eve we’ll make a swap
my child returned, you with your harp,
— home windward.

Grace at dVerse challenges us today to write a Compound Word Verse, an unfamiliar form to most ous I daresay. She writes: "The Compound Word Verse is a poetry form invented by Margaret R. Smith that consists of five 3-line stanzas, for a total of 15 lines. The last line of each stanza ends in a compound word and these compound words share a common stem word which is taken from the title. (In the first example below the stem word is “moon” from the title “Moonlighting”; the compound words related to the title are moondust, moonbeams, moonsongs, etc.)

The Compound Word Verse (3 lines) has a set rhyme scheme and meter as follows:

Rhyme Scheme: a,a,b
Syllable/Meter: 8, 8, 3

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22 thoughts on “Wind Elf (A Compound Word Verse)”

  1. The story knocks this reader. You make this look effortless even with the rigid form Dora. Love the ending verse which harkens to the Halloween theme:

    On Hallow’s Eve we’ll make a swap
    my child returned, you with your harp,
    — home windward.

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    1. Love your comment. Perhaps the wind association suits elves in our mind because they seem more free-spirited than we are. Myths are elusive and allusive.

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