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The Red Parasol

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Oh shaded beauty on the beach who brings such classic elegance your lovely smile puts yonder lighthouse in the shade such exquisite beauty sat beside the sea so picture perfect , so resplendent in pink Oh shaded beauty on the beach such delightful poise and so pleasing to the eye such natural beauty so bewitched am I ! your lovely smile puts yonder lighthouse in the shade like the fabled mermaid siren she draws me no parasol can possibly shade such a vision as she Oh shaded beauty on the beach this blooming English rose besides the sea a creature of the purest beauty your lovely smile puts yonder lighthouse in the shade the lady with the parasol sat by the sea now if only you would see how much I wish you would marry me Oh shaded beauty on the beach your lovely smile puts yonder lighthouse in the shade form villanelle as described on poetry soup Definition A 19-line poem consisting of five tercets and a final quatrain on two rhymes. The first and third lines of the first tercet repeat alternately as a refrain closing the succeeding stanzas and joined as the final couplet of the quatrain. comp entry 14062016

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Date: 7/8/2016 9:11:00 AM
Congratulations on your winning placement, Stephen. Well done.
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Stephen Pennell
Date: 7/8/2016 9:53:00 AM
many thanks for your remarks stephen x
Date: 7/7/2016 11:55:00 PM
Stephen, this is such a beautiful poem congratulations on your win ! Hugs Eve
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Date: 7/8/2016 2:41:00 AM
many thanks eve made my day , thanks for the win stephen x
Date: 6/14/2016 8:45:00 PM
Very nice and charming poem Stephen!:)
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Date: 6/15/2016 1:21:00 AM
thank you cheryl thanks for taking time to read it stephen

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