The sound of metal being drawn is music to Thengel's Ears
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Sea-deep eyes, skin swan-feather white
cascading mantle of midnight
To my sight, in steel and shield
the forge still flickered. Draw the blade-
I hear the metal's serenade
Unafraid, unsheathed, revealed
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This is a Cywydd Llosgyrnog (cuh-with lo-seer-nock) for Morwen Steelsheen. It was the word Llosgyrnog that started me thinking about Morwen of Lossarnach. Finding that she had been born in Belfalas gave me the black and white image.
This poem was written for the challenge "How Do I Love Thee" at Henneth Annun.
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There are 24 traditional Welsh poetic forms as set down in the 14th century by Einion Offeiriad and Dafydd Ddu Athro.
The forms are generally divided into three classes:
Englynion (englyns) / Cywyddau (cywydd measures) / Awdl measures (odes)
The Cywydd Llosgyrnog is a Cywyddau. It's form looks like this
(1) eight syllables, ends with first rhyme (a)
(2) eight syllables, ends with (a)
(3) seven syllables – third syllable is (a), line ends with (b)
(4) eight syllables, ends with new rhyme (c)
(5) eight syllables, ends with (c)
(6) seven syllables – third syllable is (c), line ends with (b)
