Parisian Garden
Circles, squares, rectangles,
All present in the plan,
Purples, oranges, whites and pinks,
Blooming without a ban!
When we come in our eyes are drawn
To colors dear to us,
We follow the paths, sit quietly down,
Admiring as we must!
Statues in the distance,
Hills clearly in view,
Greenery on every side,
Difficult to bid adieu!
A bench beside the water
Gives a brief reprieve,
Peach-tinged roses and
stark white petunias,
Fragrances to breathe!
Hours on end I’ll sit and watch
The water chickens swim,
Bathed in history, drenched in shadows,
Evening sunlight dims!
c. Poetic Universalisms II by Lena Smith Carter, 2006.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 600 |
Words | 104 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 1 |
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