How rich the scented citrus blooms in May
to bring a tasty treat to us each morn.
A spread I'd wager, for the ones well-born
who sip aged tea and breathe its warm bouquet.
While common women fuss about their day
and serve like maddened wasps who show their scorn,
how rich the scented citrus blooms in May
to bring a tasty treat to us each morn.
And yet perhaps it goes with Cabernet
and bitter swiss expanding braces worn.
So sweet the rind that never would forewarn
of trouser size increasing every day.
How rich the scented citrus blooms in May.
Pamela A. Lamppa
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Rondel
A French form consisting of 13 lines: two quatrains and a quintet, rhyming as follows: ABba abAB abbaA. The capital letters are the refrains, or repeats.
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