Napowrimo 18: Rubaiyat

Why was it called The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam? Because the poetic form used, both in the original verses, apparently, and in the English version, was called a ruba'i. One ruba'i, two or more rubaiyat. The essential feature of a ruba'i is four lines, of which all but the third rhyme. 

So the National Poetry Writing Month Challenge for the 18th of April was to write a ruba'i, or rubaiyat. A light, easy form, good for the poetic brain that may be feeling tired by now...

These are the prettiest days of all the year.

The sky is cloudless, azure-bright, and clear.

The lengthening sun calls from the land each day

More leaves, and each day greener they appear.

Some want to be out sailing on the Bay;

Some still wait for the warmer days of May;

For all things have their season and their time,

But these days are the prettiest, I say.