Wednesday’s Verse—The Unicorn Fierce

This week’s verse moves from speculative to fantasy in the form of a villanelle about unicorns. It is taken from Another 365 Days of Poetry, a collection of mixed-genre poetry to be released later in the year, once both collection and cover are complete.

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The Unicorn Fierce

With gleaming horns and dancing hooves

the unicorns gallop through the night

hunters fierce of all that moves

These equine beasts in moonlight grooves

hunt ‘twixt the trees in darkest night

with gleaming horns and dancing hooves

Merciless on all that roaming, choose

to walk in territories long-claimed by might

hunters fierce of all that moves

Equine in form, they fleetness use,

to capture meals of flesh in flight,

with gleaming horns and dancing hooves

Guardians say some, or Evil’s ruse

to destroy the good of grace and light

they’re hunters fierce of all that moves

With coats that shine in all known hues

these mighty beasts roam every night

with gleaming horns and dancing hooves

hunters fierce of all that moves.

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You can find the first two poetry collections at the links below - although there are plans to reissue them with more genre-appropriate covers in the future. The third collection will be released later in the year.

books2read.com/u/mVLQZb

books2read.com/u/bxgyLd