Night of Faeries

A poem of the faerie folk at night.

The morning finds the young lasses milking
And the young lads in the fields cutting
Rams, ewes, and lambs eat and grow fat.
The hens lay eggs while the roosters are strutting.

The sun rises up for his daily walk,
Drawing the day across the sky.
He takes his daylight with him to another place
Because the moon's time is nigh.

Evening falls across the heather
And the stars come out to dance.
The faerie folk come to life
And fill the night with their lyrical chants.

The mists on the moors swirl and caper about,
Taking rock and tree to embrace.
The faerie folk make merry and dance about
'Neath the silver of the moon's face.

They dance to music as old as time,

Melodies and rhythms from long ago.

Verses sung in ages long past,

Songs only faerie folk know.

They sing and dance under the moon and stars,

As long as the night covers them about.

But the moon and the faerie folk must go their ways

For 'tis time for the sun to come out.

Copyright 2011, William M. Winegar

Reviews

[Caleb Pendleton]

Though I can say there are a view poetic things that I disagree with, I feel this poem is extremely solid. While I'm not sure there's actually a point, the imagery itself is quite enjoyable. If we made a museum of words-as-art, this would be one of the main attractions. What it lacks in purpose it makes up in beauty.

[VelvetRosetta]

Makes me want to wait for the stars to come out and dance so I can listen to there lyrical chants...very nice!

[Audrey Howitt]

Lovely write-so alive and vivid! Loved it!

[realmwriter]

Well I for one can't wait to see the progress!

[brenda]

this is amzing !! keep writing !:)

[almaraye]

Beautiful poem Mike ~~

[whispereversolightly]

So very interesting, Loved the last stanza.
So creative and wonderful.

[Muse]

I can see where you could easily add to this poem, and I know it's a work in progress. So I will say you have a lot of potential here. Be sure to send over an RR with any revisions made. Nice job! Muse

[Steph K]

Sometimes one word is all you need to describe such a beautiful piece of work. Mystical. I look forward to reading the rest!

[SoulCrusader (Yas)]

Beautiful imagery :)

[EMF]

Technically good piece of work with good flow and structure. Content and theme I'm afraid don't do faeries accurate depiction... but I'm on old cynic. It works well as a romantic poem though. Be interesting to see it develop.