Forgotten Ground Regained

Lady of the Lake

Wyneb yn y llyn — y benyw.
She reshapes, now a shadow. I dream her by dayas I walk to the water: The girl rises, greyfrom the lake, and allures, with the face of the fey.
She reshapes now, a shadow.... I dream her by day,but my reverie’s real, and its melody may find me drowning in darkness, my will gone away....
She reshapes. Now a shadow, I dream her by day....As I walk to the water, the girl rises, grey.
“Lady of the Lake” is a modified triolet (eight lines; the first line is repeated as the fourth and seventh and the second line as the eighth, but instead of the standard ABaAabAB rhyme scheme, all lines rhyme). It is in anapaestic tetrameter, with alliterative beats in each hemistich. It is preceded by a palindrome composed in Welsh, which translates as, "Face in the lake — the woman." It was first published in Anthony Etherin’s poetry collection, The Robots of Babylon (Penteract Press, 2023)
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