A pond amidst the verdant moss,
Where ripples ring the mirrored gloss,
Attracts the most aesthetic eye.
A pleasant scene to look across.
A gentle trickle falls nearby
To bring the pool its cool supply,
Of most refreshing water fill,
In lovely liquid lullaby.
The flowage dribbles down a hill,
Between the mossy foliage spill,
To sunshine dappled lily pond,
Where two bright aspen leaves lie still.
But when such visions lie beyond,
Could any person not respond?
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Author Notes
I wrote this poem specifically to describe this picture. This garden is in my brother Richard's back yard. It is only a small corner of it.
This poem is a Rubiyat Sonnet.
A Rubiyat Sonnet combines the attributes of a traditional Sonnet, having 3 Quatrains and closing couplet, with a Rubiyat, having quatrains that interlink rhymes. The Rubiyat mono-rhymes line 1,2,and 4 of each stanza, while line 3 creates the rhyme for the following stanza, thus interlinking them, to ripple down like a waterfall. So the rhyme scheme is:
aaba bbcb ccdc dd.
This photograph was taken by the author himself on July 12, 2015
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