General Poetry posted January 23, 2022


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A Monet inspired sonnet

A Summer Stroll

by RodG

A Sonnet Contest Winner 

I stroll just after Sol has blued the sky,
much mesmerized by whipped-up clouds at play.
Though heat's forthcoming, it's still cool and dry.
Such bliss I feel this perfect summer day.
 
The field's awash with flowers rainbow-hued,
so densely sown I hesitate to walk.
I'm awed by their expanse and magnitude,
yet oft I fear I'll crush an unseen stalk.

I look behind to eye how far I've come
and vaguely see the village on the Seine.
Carefree, I shan't turn back, too venturesome.
Yes, in this flowered veldt I shall remain.

No morn is better spent than strolling through
flamboyant fields of flowers dabbed with dew.

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A Summer Stroll was painted by Claude Monet in 1873. Courtesy of Google images.

Giverny is the French village on the Seine where he resided when he painted this.

RHYME PATTERN: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
METER: iambic pentameter
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