al-Andalus
Time weaves threads of memory with ease,
Life’s stories graven in legend’s frieze,
Bold men antiqued in eras gods seize,
Ambered in nectar of sacred bees,
The undying spirit scales the Atlas,
Romance sails from Tangier to Cadiz.
This poem is written in the form of a Welsh hir a thoddaid with 9 syllable lines save for the 5th which is 10. All end words rhyme except the 5th line which has a rhyming word towards its end that rhymes with a word towards the start of the last line.