Welcome to my April 2024 Great and Powerful Blogging from A to Z Challenge!

I’ve revealed my theme (A poem a day…with picture), and of course, I am unashamedly blogging my theme letters on the fly.  So, here goes nothing!

So, without further ado, R is for ...Rondeau. “A rondeau (plural rondeaux) is a form of French poetry with 15 lines written on two rhymes. Variant forms may have 10 or 13 lines. It makes use of refrains, repeated according to a certain stylized pattern. It was customarily regarded as a challenge to arrange for these refrains to contribute to the meaning of the poem in as succinct and poignant a manner as possible. The rondeau consists of thirteen lines of eight syllables, plus two refrains (which are half lines, each of four syllables), employing, altogether, only three rhymes. It has three stanzas and its rhyme scheme is as follows: (1) A A B B A (2) A A B with refrain: C (3) A A B B A with concluding refrain C. The refrain must be identical with the beginning of the first line.“

Well, it’s Rondeau-like…

Spring

The tulips bloom, the grass turns green
We wait until the bees are seen
to call the time of summer dear.
Although it feels as if it’s near
it’s not – be patient, be not keen

for time to pass too fast between
seasons. Sit back and rest serene
for spring, spring is here.

Sun shines bright when day is clean,
setting later, new routine.
Clouds and rain we no longer fear,
for frosty windows shed not a tear,
the winter’s gone, check out the scene
for spring, spring is here.

Thanks for visiting my 2024 A to Z Challenge – Letter R.

Guess I’m kind of going rogue too…although I do like using the “official” letters…