Andrea Dietrich Poet Rictameter

One Day In a Town

I had
a wonderful
dalliance one day in
a town -its bucolic setting
redolent of petrichor and roses.
It was in propinquity  
to a demesne where I 
saw the face from
my dreams!

He was 
a harbinger -
Sweet serendipity!
Where efflorescence clung to stones,
he kissed me; then came my epiphany.
In erstwhile days I‘d seen his face.
Oh, joy ephemeral!
I had kissed my
cousin! 


Written April 10, 2016 (checked by Howmanysyllables.com)
for the "A Day in a Town" Rictameter Poetry Contest 
of  Nayda Ivette Negron

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Poet Destroyer A April 27, 2016 at 10:32 PM Andrea, Congratulations on your "Day in town win. XOX *LINDA*

Tom Arnone April 23, 2016 at 9:30 PM Beautiful, Andrea -- and, a nice vocabulary exercise.... ;-)

Anand Parmale April 20, 2016 at 9:54 AM Andrea,I read this poem in patches twice....I skipped both times avoiding those new (heavy for me)...Finally when I broke up the jinx,the joy I felt is not ephemeral.... Beautiful poem....

Thomas Martin April 17, 2016 at 5:16 PM so interesting. enjoyed as usual your lovely expressions and vocabulary.

Phyllis Babcock April 17, 2016 at 1:11 PM Ha ha love this funny poem Andrea. love phyl

Lindsay Laurie April 15, 2016 at 8:23 PM Hello Andrea ... well written as usual and enjoyed your humorous take in the finale - Lindsay

Harry Horsman April 15, 2016 at 5:01 PM Another gem, congrats for the contest..

Wendy Rycroft April 15, 2016 at 6:19 AM Great work well written x Too hard for me LOL

Connie Marcum Wong April 15, 2016 at 5:48 AM Loved your humorous ending in this winning poem Andrea. Congratulations! #7 :)

Probir Gupta April 15, 2016 at 5:37 AM Kept looking at for quite some time, took leave from the eyes and read in delight... Congratulations...

Sandra Haight April 14, 2016 at 5:08 PM Hi Andrea, congratulations on your win in the 'a day in a town' contest. Nicely done. Hugs, Sandra

Joseph May April 14, 2016 at 12:07 PM Lovely write...Congrats on your win

Lenny Gazbowski April 14, 2016 at 7:54 AM Sweet write Andrea.

Ravi Sathasivam April 14, 2016 at 7:10 AM Excellent. Lovely romantic poem. Enjoyed reading it. All the best for the contest.

Timothy Hicks April 14, 2016 at 2:30 AM LOL. I love how you took all these sweet elegant sounding words, and turned into a joke at the end. Kissing cousins ... he he he. I was too afraid of this contest, to be honest ... all those strange words, none of which I've used in a poem before, many of which I've never even heard of. My vocabulary isn't quite up there yet ;) But you did a wonderful job.

Joyce Johnson April 14, 2016 at 12:43 AM A great write in rictameter using all those words and then a bit of humor. You did it all. Love, Joyce

Poet Destroyer A April 13, 2016 at 9:49 PM Andrea, Congrats on your "Day In A Town win. Love LINDA

Nayda Ivette Negron Flores April 13, 2016 at 7:53 PM Congratulations Andrea on the placement of the contest

Bl Devnath April 13, 2016 at 5:53 PM A sweet dream of ephemeral joy in one day in town. Beautiful poem my lovely friend. Good luck in the contest. Loved always my lovely friend, bl

Arthur Vaso April 13, 2016 at 5:10 PM AhAndrea this is great, my smile of the day!

Sara Kendrick April 13, 2016 at 4:40 PM Reads like a winner but of course, I am not familiar with what rictameter is unless it is a meter on a rickshaw..LOL..Thanks for stopping by with congrats..Sara Sara Kendrick April 13, 2016 at 4:42 PM Looked up rictameter and found it to be 2,4,6,8, 10,8,6,4,2 syllbles per line..Okay..You should be okay with that one..Sara

Nette Onclaud April 13, 2016 at 2:49 PM wow, andie... this is fabulous; i am still doing a rough draft for this one... way up there!..huggs and mail in a while!

Daver Austin April 13, 2016 at 12:59 PM There once was an antiquated gentleman who went by the cognomen of Uncle Edward. He had no capillary substance on the spot where the capillary substance oughta vegetate. I learned this one as a kid and that is all the big words I know. Anywho, I got your message. Very knowledgeable. You be cool. Love, daver

Matthew Anish April 13, 2016 at 12:19 PM Nicely wrought romantic poem here. You used a lot of fancy language here - propinquity? demense? Please clarify and good luck in the contest! Peace & Love Matthew Anish

Manmath Dalei April 13, 2016 at 7:51 AM Hi Andrea, Best wishes for the contest. I enjoyed ur poem .......with love

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