Brave Queen Esther, Hadassah to her kin

prayed for three long days with fasting and strife

displaying rare courage as a noble wife.

When two grand banquets she was led to serve,

she conveyed brilliance, a light from within.

With each of them she throws a gracious curve.

Hamen, self-appointed king's right hand man

felt very honored to dine with his king,

proposing  royal robes and horse to bring.

But Mordecai was honored on the street.

so the enemy could not work his plan.

Hamen's wise men prophesied his defeat.

Esther was ready as all things panned out

to request her people's deliverance;

she charged the heinous Hamen with vengeance.

Hamen and sons hung on the gallows he'd made.

for Mordecai the Jew now second in clout

who favors his kinsmen's welfare and aid.

Though His name's not recorded in the book,

Doubtless God helped the Jews defend themselves;

Decree to kill them just stayed on the shelves.

God's people once in exile now celebrate

with fasting and feasting, what they undertook

at Susa, Purim, King Xerxes the Great.

a Wordsworth sestet written by Reason A. Poteet

This sestet uses a rhyme scheme of a, b, b, c, a, c for each stanza of six lines.

It is a sister poem to an etheree I have posted at WC, called Starless Night.