Gemini Rising

Yule Poetry Day 6 - Christmas Evergreens

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12 Poetic Days of Yuletide  (E) 12 different Poetry styles beginning December 21st- January 1st. #2329171 by Witchy Yule Woman

Prompt ▶︎

The legend of the Christmas Spider is associated with the folklore of Western Ukraine and Germany. This tale offers a hint at the origins of tinsel. According to legend, a hardworking widow and her children couldn't afford decorations for their Christmas tree. However, on Christmas Eve, while the children slept, a spider spun webs around its branches. When the children awoke on Christmas morning, they opened the curtains, and the first rays of sunlight turned the webs into strands of silver and gold. It's believed in many parts of Europe if you find a spider web in your home at Christmas it's a sign of good luck!

Your topic is the Christmas Spider.

A Kyrielle is a French form of rhyming poetry written in quatrains (a stanza consisting of 4 lines), and each quatrain contains a repeating line or phrase as a refrain (usually appearing as the last line of each stanza). Each line within the poem consists of only eight syllables. There is no limit to the amount of stanzas a Kyrielle may have, but three is considered the accepted minimum.

Some popular rhyming schemes for a Kyrielle are: aabB, ccbB, ddbB, with B being the repeated line, or abaB, cbcB, dbdB.

Christmas Evergreens

A long time ago in the woods
A family did not have much goods
On Christmas Eve they found a tree
It came home for Santa to see

They looked high and low for string and bows
But naught! There were none on the boughs.
Darkness descended on quiet pleas
The tree was home for Santa to see.

The night creatures looked all around
Spiders and mice up from the ground
Beautiful webs and holly for free
Our evergreen was home for Santa see