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Springtime Rondeau

Springtime Rondeau

Winter bows to spring in gallantry
As rain laden clouds scurry ‘cross the skies
In a raucous rollicking rondeau,
A playful prance in heaven’s newborn blues,
As green fields of wheat swing and sway
In springtime’s lusty exhaled ballet;
Vernal mischief winks,
Not glancing back into numb hibernation,
Then jives in rhymes of rock and roll
With rowdy zephyr imps
In a feral festival of green shoots bursting out,
Freed from winter’s taunting domination,
While flowers blush in blooms of magical grace
And morning wears a floral cloak of joy
Lush with life in spring dances.

5-13-22
Contest: Brian Strand Premiere
Sponsor: Brian Strand

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Christuraj Alex Date: 5/19/2022 9:07:00 AM "raucous rollicking rondeau" - Only you can flawlessly do so. Congratulations! Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 5/20/2022 11:54:00 AM Chris, thank you for the rock and roll rondeau dance. I see you have your dance shoes always available - shined and ready for a "rollicking" turn around the dance floor in a congratulatory rondeau! Blessings on your dance!

Andrea Dietrich Date: 5/19/2022 8:57:00 AM aha, I did not even catch that it was free verse. So was it changed to free verse SINCE I saw it? So glad for you it got a win. Congrats. Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 5/20/2022 11:49:00 AM Hi Andrea! Many thanks for your congratulatory note! It warmed my day! And yes I did borrow from the original rondeau to create a new free verse. Went back to Brian's blog to clarify my understanding! I try to do that with each entry and, as you know, often miss an important requirement for contest entry. Thank you so for your support as I often do make mistakes that can corrected. Your friendship is an amazing, selfless gift. I am so grateful. You have taught me much about having a servant heart!

Valsa George Date: 5/19/2022 4:57:00 AM This poem is so full of striking images and phrases like 'raucous rollicking rondeau', 'feral festival of green shoots', 'floral cloak of joy' and many more.... the ones only you can write.....Congrats, Sam on your well deserved win! Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 5/20/2022 11:40:00 AM Many, many thanks Valsa! I do enjoy using alliteration to give a poem that little extra touch of the magical. Your messages are always filled with such amazing feedback. I love reading your poems. You do have a magic way with words corralling them, inspiring them to do your bidding in enchanting ways as you craft your writes! Truly we are blessed to be able to reach into God's grab bag for inspiration! Thank you dear friend. Sending you blessings !

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders Date: 5/17/2022 7:03:00 AM Congrats, Sam! Every line of your poem is lovely. My favorite: 'morning wears a floral cloak of joy'...such a breath of fresh air. Rhonda xx Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 5/17/2022 9:54:00 AM Greetings Rhonda! What a wonderful surprise to find your lovely message and your congratulations! I am so grateful. For me, in the springtime, each morning holds a new surprise - a new treasure - that spring displays. Hope you are doing well! All the best!

Andrew John Date: 5/17/2022 3:35:00 AM Magical grace, indeed! Thank you, Sam. Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 5/17/2022 9:49:00 AM Hi Andrew! Thank you so much! There is such enchanted magic in spring. I wanted to capture just a little of that magic in a spring dance! All the best!

Carol Mitra Date: 5/17/2022 2:17:00 AM Sam this is such an awesome Springtime poem.....Love it :) Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 5/17/2022 9:43:00 AM Hi Carol! So wonderful to hear from you! Many, many thanks for your lovely words of compliment. I am so happy that I was able to share some of the lively beauty of spring with you! Sending you blessings of spring joy my friend!

Michelle Faulkner Date: 5/16/2022 2:46:00 PM This overflows with the glory of spring, I especially like 'heaven's newborn blues' and 'while flowers blush' - it gives you the hope of a new start! Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 5/16/2022 3:08:00 PM Hi Michelle! Many, many thanks my friend. I so agree. Spring offers "a new start" every day! I just noticed my lily of the valley has started to come up in pots that looked totally and completely dead. What a happy surprise! So glad I didn't repot them! Sending you all the glorious serendipity of spring!

JCB Brul Date: 5/16/2022 11:21:00 AM Majestic write! I love this alliteration, "raucous rollicking rondeau,". Congratulations dear friend...you creative pen bleeds endlessly. Blessings. Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 5/16/2022 3:03:00 PM JCB thank you! Spring is such an amazing time of inspiring images as it sails by on cloudy wings! I feel so blessed to be inspired by spring! Many thanks for your wonderful support and delightful messages my friend. Blessings!

Andrea Dietrich Date: 5/16/2022 10:16:00 AM this is super fantastic, Sam. Love the imagery. I'd give Brian a rondeau, but check his blogs. he tells us not to submit any poems such as villanelle,, rondeau, pantoum, etc. That is the only reason a poem like this would not be on a winner list. Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 5/16/2022 2:42:00 PM Greetings Andrea! Spring is so full of robust images. It is a fun season of inspirations. Like you I checked Brian's blog to discover that he didn't want any form poems. That is when I decided to re-write this is a poem into a free verse poem and rename it - Springtime Rondeau. I liked the image of a French rondeau dance. I am always so grateful for your input as I constantly make some pretty dumb mistakes! Thank you dear friend! Always good to check up on me! Blessings!

Mark Koplin Date: 5/14/2022 3:11:00 PM You have penned a gem Sam, Beautiful! Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 5/15/2022 9:15:00 AM Hi Mark! So wonderful to hear from you! Thank you. This was such fun to pen thinking about spring with a "wink and a smile" - a flirt! Hope you have been well. Sending spring blessings your way.

Paulette Calasibetta Date: 5/13/2022 12:12:00 PM Lovely imagery heralding the Spring. Good luck in the contest. :Paulette Login to Reply Sam Kauffman Date: 5/15/2022 9:12:00 AM T hank you so much Paulette! I love the whimsical, capricious personality of spring - so playful and fun loving! Sending you blessings for a happy spring!