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Dennis Daly has published eight books of poetry and poetic translations. His most recent book Shield Wall (Dos Madres, 2021) resurrects the rondel form as used by Francois Villon (a disappeared French poet of the fifteenth century). Daly writes, “The following rondel is from Shield Wall, my just released collection from the Dos Madres Press.” Visit Daly’s blog, Weights and Measures, at dennisfdaly.blogspot.com.

Daughters

Dennis Daly

In soft tears, in love’s breathing time,
Those high range moments of stark sun
And rain mix, the lost and the won.
Feel spring’s hidden burst. Hear the chime.

Again the chime. Another chime.
So brief, like thoughts, my daughters spun
In soft years, in love’s breathing time.

The zest of lemon or of lime
Rouse droll lives before they deepen.
Let each gain themselves, one by one.
The result: a near pantomime
In soft tears, in love’s breathing time.

— Dennis Daly

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