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Crenelated Crimson

In deep crenelated crimson, Autumn arrives in regal robes. Her boisterous blue burgundy surging with violent carmine. Autumn arrives in regal robes carpeting the earth with fractured parquet of mismatched, misshaped shards- a luscious ramollescence. Her boisterous blue burgundy cape blusters with bolstered boldness as she whips the wind to climax and She reigns as queen for the day. Surging with violent carmine, capped rivers rage with Her breath and rains fall relentlessly as She settles in for the long night. *Retourne format: four quatrains, eight syllables each line, written with a tumbling refrain. The lines of the first stanza provide an opening refrain for the ensuing stanzas. xABC Axxx Bxxx Cxxx. Unrhymed.

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Date: 11/14/2022 1:20:00 PM
Excellent form, Linda. I liked the movement and the colors in your poem. Bill
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 11/15/2022 10:33:00 AM
Many thanks Bill. I appreciate your visits and comments :)
Date: 11/3/2022 7:28:00 PM
Thanks for writing 'crenelated.' Now that I know what it is, it's not going in my cereal! ~ Emphatic
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 11/4/2022 6:42:00 AM
Ha! Try blueberries instead. :)
Date: 11/2/2022 3:17:00 AM
Great imagery and alliteration. A new format for a poem? You did well. Hugs.
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 11/2/2022 5:27:00 AM
Hi friend Victor. The retourne is a French form from the middle ages, so not so new. Many thanks for the comment and hugs :)
Date: 11/1/2022 10:45:00 PM
Wow, i'll never see autumn in the same way again, Alice. The poetry is amazing.
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 11/2/2022 5:24:00 AM
Harry, I never cease enjoying your visits and positive comments. Thank you :)
Date: 11/1/2022 9:59:00 PM
Nice!! Violence in nature..and rage! Keep up the good work, Linda Alice..!!
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 11/2/2022 5:23:00 AM
Hello Charles. Very pleased to see you here. Thanks for the visit and kind comments :)
Date: 11/1/2022 7:56:00 PM
Nice one Linda ! Best wishes from Wendy
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 11/2/2022 5:23:00 AM
Hey Wendy. Thanks!
Date: 11/1/2022 2:17:00 PM
Great alliteration, dear Linda!
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 11/2/2022 5:22:00 AM
Many thanks Kim!
Date: 11/1/2022 11:13:00 AM
wow, this is simply gorgeous.
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Linda Alice Fowler
Date: 11/1/2022 12:44:00 PM
Thank you Andrea! I appreciate the visit and comment :)

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