Winter's Approach
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Lento
A Lento consists of quatrains with a fixed rhyme scheme of abcb, defe, and so on, the second and fourth lines of each verse rhyme. All the FIRST words of each verse rhyme.
Sweet songbirds sing no cheerful refrains;
complete silence greets Winter's approach.
Bittersweet Autumn colors, forecast
sleet as Winter snows start to encroach.
Barbecue grills safely stowed away;
blue skies are dappled with clouds of grey.
Mildew spreading among the dead leaves;
Deja vu feelings come into play.
Snow smothers the snowed-in streets until
slow-moving snowplows arrive on site.
Row upon row of cars left stranded,
though the city looks good, draped in white.
Everything is snowbound or frozen;
thing is, Winter will not stay too long.
Spring will arrive soon, and Her warmth will
bring the songbirds back to sing their song.
Copyright © Emile Pinet | Year Posted 2020
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