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This is actually a Villonnet, but that option isn't available so I chose Rhyme.
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Iambic tetrameter

Honey Bees

How humbly hover honey bees
betwixt and 'tween as flowers preen
in April's opalescent sheen
and petals palpitate in breeze.

Beside an arbor's graceful ease
of roses splayed in promenade
with poppies sprayed across the glade
how humbly hover honey bees.

While lilies lilt beneath the trees
the sunlight dapples daffodils
that pose in pots upon the sills
as petals palpitate in breeze.

How humbly hover honey bees,
purveyors of the pollen yield.
As petals palpitate in breeze
they fend the fragrant flower field. 

8/24/19
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Barden Avatar
December 21, 2019 at 4:36 AM
Sincere congratulations on your Honorable Mention in Brian's contest, Dale - best wishes and blessings to you and yours for a Merry Christmas! Keep up the great work, my friend! :o)
Chiri Avatar
December 21, 2019 at 4:21 AM
Dale congrats on your placement!;)
Ravidas Avatar
August 31, 2019 at 5:55 PM
Andrea, that would be surprising, if Dale didn't. I don't know about the readers whose English is their native language, but for me it's kind of a magic. I have read this poem aloud several times and something makes me read more. This must be the magic I told) P.S.: I guess there's no point congratulating Dale. He knows he's a magician without my comments.
Cozart Avatar
September 1, 2019 at 9:01 AM
Thanks very much for the kind words, Kurt.
Dietrich Avatar
August 28, 2019 at 3:29 PM
I see you won the contest with this. Congratulations
Mcgee Avatar
August 27, 2019 at 7:19 PM
a wonderful Wow! A fav. Congratulations on your win.
Cozart Avatar
August 27, 2019 at 7:21 PM
Thanks so much, Jeanne.
Dietrich Avatar
August 27, 2019 at 7:06 PM
I say back the same to you. Beautiful and so well metered! The form seems so much like pantoum/villanelle,quatern, all those types that repeat lines. I love them all.
Blodgett Avatar
August 27, 2019 at 1:40 AM
Beautifully woven words that left me happily buzzing!! Great poem Lonna
Cozart Avatar
August 27, 2019 at 7:46 AM
Thank you, Lonna.
Lamoureux Avatar
August 26, 2019 at 9:08 PM
Congrats on your fine win.
Cozart Avatar
August 27, 2019 at 7:47 AM
Thanks very much, Richard.
Kereopa Avatar
August 26, 2019 at 5:29 PM
Congratulations on your win. Your poem for me tranquility and honey bees, beautiful. Big WOW for me.
Cozart Avatar
August 26, 2019 at 6:28 PM
Thank you, Georgia.
Awtry Avatar
August 26, 2019 at 4:06 PM
such joy! And gorgeously written! Congratulations!
Cozart Avatar
August 26, 2019 at 4:35 PM
Thank you, PS!
Ashley Avatar
August 24, 2019 at 9:59 PM
Exquisite imagery and exceptional rhymes flow in splendid rhythm, Dale. Breathtaking poetry as always. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan
Cozart Avatar
August 25, 2019 at 8:06 AM
Thanks very much, Susan.
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