Welcome to my April 2025 Great and Powerful Blogging from A to Z Challenge!

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

So, without further ado, R is for …Roundel.

“A Roundel poem is a very short poem that consists of 3 stanzas with 3 lines in each stanza. The Roundel poem uses alternate rhyming where its first words are repeated following the 1st and 3rd stanzas. The form is a version of the French Rondeau and was developed by Algernon Charles Swinburne. It is a form of English language poetry where its rhythmic scaling is abar, bab, abar, where r is referred to as the refrain. The Roundel is composed of 9 lines with each line having the same amount of syllables.”

Oceans of Spring

Sun glints off waves, oceans of spring;
breezes bring skimming kite sails
skipping as surf sing
while sun glints off waves.

Tourists walk the safety rails,
to dogs on leashes cling
tight to keep from trails.

Seagulls cry, as a child flings
scraps of bread, her arms flail,
points to ships crossing,
As sun glints off waves.

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Thanks for visiting my 2025 A to Z Challenge – Letter R.