Seven stars in the fall sky
© RedCat
Shining sisters with a cry
Shall we forever fly, flee
Stalked by hunters, never free
Scribe us a new life story
See us love, laugh, kiss, worry
Shroud us in modern glory
Written for Poetics: Stars that count over at dVerse. This Pleiades form, seven lines with seven syllables each, and all starting with the same letter as the one word title, is wholly new to me and took a couple of tries.
Tried to find inspiration in mythology, only found a tiredness over the way women are used in almost all of our founding stories.
So I gave that voice instead!
The world according to RedCat 
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Beautifully written💙
Shrouded in glory…that’s a great image. (K)
Beautiful.
oohhh I love this!
The rhymes make it even more beautiful! Awesome :))
I love that your Pleiad is written in couplets, their rhymes flowing and sibilance shining through. There are several different myths about the seven sisters, and I’m interested that you chose the one in which they were pursued by the giant Orion for seven years until they were turned into stars by Zeus. Even when Orion became a constellation himself, he continued to pursue them across the sky. Stalked indeed!
To add rhyme to the form is an extra bravo – I like how you take the myth and offer it up anew
“Shroud us in modern glory”
I always enjoy a rhyme scheme and this was done exceptionally well. Each line just fell in place.
forever stalked… I wish we could set them free
Really well crafted redcat. Great job executing the rhyme, good stuff!