Andrea Dietrich Poet Rondeau

Seasonal Color

Why can’t you stay? Your pretty views
are skies’ cerulean and the blues
of sweet wild blooms that I can see
beneath a sun that shines for me
like lemon crests on cockatoos!

Watermelon and honeydews -
I savor flavors in chartreuse.
But lilac days, how soon they flee!
                                          Why can’t you stay?

Your lavender of June imbues
my soul with joy. Bring no adieus!
Let coral sun gleam endlessly
on aquamarine of a sea
turned tangerine. Bright saffron hues -
                                          Why can’t you stay?


Aug. 15, 2017 for  Dale Gregory Cozart's Seasonal Color Contest

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Susan Ashley August 19, 2017 at 3:57 PM Hi Andrea, back again, congratulations on your placement! Well done! :)

Lin Lane August 19, 2017 at 2:20 PM Good job, Andrea, congrats!

Vijay Pandit August 19, 2017 at 12:59 PM Congrats Andrea!

Winged Warrior August 19, 2017 at 12:30 PM Back to... Congrats!!! Andrea....nicely done my friend...

Dale Gregory Cozart August 19, 2017 at 12:28 PM Congratulations on your 3rd Place win! This was a very tough contest to judge. Thank you so much for taking the time to enter.

Joanna Daniel August 18, 2017 at 9:03 AM This is a sure fave, Andrea, hope this one wins:)

Winged Warrior August 16, 2017 at 10:28 PM Well crafted my friend...best of luck Andrea...god bless...^WW^

Eve Roper August 16, 2017 at 8:37 PM Beautiful poem for the contest, Andrea, you out did yourself. Good luck in the contest.~*

Harry Horsman August 16, 2017 at 3:16 PM wow this is amazing, you've coloured this reader's day..

Pipping Stars August 16, 2017 at 6:17 AM the way you bring your words together in this one is stunning... you have an extraordinary way with word arrangements. ... excellent ... indeed ...

Russell Sivey August 16, 2017 at 4:35 AM yes, I love it when Summer's OVER, lol! I love Autumn and everything within the Fall! I hate the heat, I lived in Texas for 20 years and got so sick of the heat! But the winters there were magnificent...just like your poem, so wonderful! (like my segue there?) I really enjoyed reading your beautiful poem here this morning Andrea...you have amazed me yet again how you put all those colors into a Rondeau! Very impressive! Great Work!!

Robert Johnson August 15, 2017 at 8:37 PM Green and red and frosty white. When Spring comes we bid adieu. It's not the same when Summer's through. Just finished a watermelon. MMMMMM. :)

Susan Ashley August 15, 2017 at 7:49 PM Hi Andrea, beautiful rondeau done to perfection with the colors of summer and the line 'lemon crests on cockatoos' is a killer line :) good luck!

Ilene Bauer August 15, 2017 at 7:32 PM oh, this is just gorgeous, andrea!

Joseph May August 15, 2017 at 6:54 PM You did this beautifully Andrea...it sings with color...

Matthew Anish August 15, 2017 at 4:49 PM Robert Frost famously wrote "Nothing gold can stay". Stimulating poem! Recently I had 3 poems in the Amulet poetry magazine. This website is very supportive of poets! Peace & Love Matthew Anish

Kudzai Mhangwa August 15, 2017 at 3:20 PM You are a master of word Andrea! And you demonstrate it once again in this beautiful piece! All the best in the contest!

Frederic Parker August 15, 2017 at 1:18 PM somehow when reading I had a vision of a female singing while skipping along twirling an umbrella beneath a sun filled sky...way to happy a poem...good luck in the contest

Dean Wood August 15, 2017 at 12:46 PM Very poetic! You have a great style Andrea and I think your use of Dale's list of colors is great! -- Dean

Mike Gentile August 15, 2017 at 12:10 PM I really enjoyed this, Good Luck in the contest,

Anne-Lise Andresen August 15, 2017 at 12:01 PM - Do not cry because it's over ... smile because it happened, Andrea :) - Beautifully written :) - Good luck in the contest - hugs // Anne-Lise :)