Excellent Provides me with a place to reflect and find solice. My Friend, Willow by HarryT Rondeau Poetry writing prompt entry

Majestic you stand, my friend, Willow Alone in the meadow, you beautifully billow Robins sing, and from their nests they fly Your foliage comfortable as a cool pillow   Lance-like leaves providing shade below You gleam in the morning and at sunset glow Provide a place of pleasure you never deny My friend, Willow   When I’m upset by friend or foe You provide a place for reflecting console Where I ponder, plan and resolve to comply Results: a good mood or sometimes a tearful eye I appreciate knowing you provide me a place to go My friend, Willow   Writing Prompt A rondeau poem is required for this contest. It is a fixed form of poetry. It is often used in light or witty poems. It often has fifteen octo - or decasyllabic lines with three stanzas. It usually only has two rhymes used in the poem. A word or words from the first part of the first line are used as a refrain ending the second and third stanzas. The rhyme scheme is aabba aabR aabbaR. See an example and instructions here. Author Notes Painting: "Talking with a Willow" by Patricia Allingham Carlson.

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