Carpe Diem
It's true push often comes to shove
when love
(ambrosia that darlings eat)
tastes sweet,
then bitter. Hell distills from bliss.
As this
is more than certain, let us kiss,
and not waste precious time on flaws
(that give the craven cause to pause)
when love tastes sweet as this.
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Author's Note
An ovillejo, as you probably know, is a Spanish fixed form, the final line of which is composed of lines 2, 4, and 6. Rhyme scheme is a,a, b,b, c,c,c, d,d ,c.
This ovillejo appeared 2009 in the (alas, defunct) print magazine Concise Delight, edited by Denis M. Garrison.
Other stories by Janice D. Soderling
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Love the taste of this! *
Beautiful*
Really very nice, pleasure to read. Seems not only to avoid all the potential traps of working in form, but to soar WITH it and BECAUSE of it.
Lovely to read and re-read. The form feels natural and I really like that.
Captivating form very well done.
I like the line, "hell distills from bliss."
This has a classic timelessness - old world but relevant. Delightful thoughts and feelings clothed in lovely words and meter. Magic. *
I was not aware of this form. I think it is exciting and Carpe Diem serves it so well!
'let us kiss,' pure pleasure.