The Lovely Hydrangea

by damommy

Hydrangeas bloom in baby blue,
and pink, and sometimes purple, too.
I’ve even seen them pure snow white
(they seem to sparkle in the night
when moonlight makes its late debut) .

Resists the drought, repels deer who
come in the night to bite and chew,
so as the dark meets dawn’s first light,
hydrangeas bloom.

So fresh, awash in morning dew,
the bees and butterflies take cue
to tease the blossoms with delight
and sate their nectar appetite.
The hummingbirds join in, pursue
hydrangea’s bloom.

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A Rondeau is a French form, 15 lines long, consisting of three stanzas: a quintet, a quatrain, and a sestet with a rhyme scheme as follows: aabba aabR aabbaR. Lines 9 and 15 are short - a refrain (R) consisting of a phrase taken from line one. The other lines are longer (but all of the same metrical length).

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The Lovely Hydrangea

by damommy

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