Terzanelle for Shadya

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By: Amasy Posted on: February 28, 2010


A terzanelle in iambic pentameter about Shadya, the dancer at the Ram's Horn in Cyrene.


Terzanelle for Shadya


The candlelight here seems to dance and play

As shadows flicker in the smoky haze

And Shadya laughs and throws a smile my way.


Thick incense sends my head into a daze

The zither plays; the drum pounds out its beat

As shadows flicker in the smoky haze.


A brightly colored veil falls at my feet

As I admire Shadya's graceful dance.

The zither plays; the drum pounds out its beat.


The music quickens, and I watch, entranced,

And listen to the jingling of her charms

As I admire Shadya's graceful dance.


Light flickers on her slender outstretched arms.

She turns; I meet her smouldering dark-eyed glance

And listen to the jingling of her charms.


I sit enraptured in a heady trance;

The candlelight here seems to dance and play.

She turns; I meet her smouldering dark-eyed glance

And Shadya laughs and throws a smile my way.