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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
