They wait for me beyond the door
To steal from me my somber scene
To play in hue and nothing more
They dot my view with rose and green
The peonies, new on the scene
A princely frog kerplunks in ditch
From gloom to bright, a magic switch
Today’s seven lines are a rhyme royal stanza in iambic pentameter, as a quatrain and a tercet, with a rhyme scheme of ABAB BCC.
Frank Hubeny is today’s host of dVerse. Frank says:
To participate, write a poem of seven lines in any form or in no form.
Tao Talk 
This one made me smile! Did you kiss him and turn him into a prince… or were you practicing social distancing!!
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LOL Glad it brought a smile. I never kiss and tell!
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Ha Ha! Smart girl!!
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I like how you dressed up the Chaucerian stanza and got playful with the form. I see the frog as one of those little red critters, hard to kiss, hard to miss.
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Thanks, Glenn, and lol.
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This is cheerful and nice.
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Thanks, Sadje 🙂
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You’re welcome Li
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I love seeing all the new growth sprouting. Sometimes though it seems it sprouts, grows, blooms and then dies before I have had a chance to enjoy it. This year, being at home, I am sure I will enjoy my flowers more!
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Very good point, Christine. Flowers across the globe will get their long overdue, full appreciation this season.
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Very nice switch in that last line. I like the kerplunking frog.
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🙂 Thank you, Frank.
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Peonies! what could be better? (K)
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a delightful cheerful chaucerian noting the wonder of spring!
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Thanks much, Kate 🙂
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a real pleasure, thank you Lisa!
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I read these poems and I just realize with awe that I am sharing poems with pros’, people who have studied and written and so much more than me. And it’s good, they say you get better by playing with more skillful people. And thank you, for warmly taking amateur words player in your group, and for the support, -though I can take and wish candid observations of my blind spots and gibbering writings. 🙂
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Anthony, you’re right there are some real pros and many published poets at dVerse. I’m not one of them, with no training and a desire to express and learn as I go. My two best friends are shadowpoetry.com and rhymezone. It is a warm and welcoming group you are among, including yourself now 🙂
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That kerplunk! I adore it!
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🙂 Thank you! I’m sure that word was named after a princely frog also.
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Now that’s definitely a name I can get behind – Prince Kerplunk the Majestic!
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❤
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Has been since day one!
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I mean warm and welcoming group, nothing but support.
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🙂
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nice, lisa. love the peony!
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Thank you!
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Oh so delightful 😘 Lisa I loved this charming poem and so happy you included your peonies!
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Thank you, Christine. I wonder if the new ones will bloom this summer?
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I hope they do! 🥰
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I love this, Li! Little things can bring us joy and spring sure keeps springing surprises!
That kerplunking frog brought a smile! Thank you. ❤️
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You are very welcome.
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Yes,na magical and delightful poem to read in this sad time.
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Thank you, Vandana. If I hadn’t gone outside, there would have been no inspiration for it.
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Your peonies and princely frog have brightened up my Friday morning, Lisa! I have some of those maroon coloured shoots under the cherry tree – and my princely frog has just got up!
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LOL great, Kim!
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Yes! I know that feeling – the house feels dark and dull, but the garden has so much to offer at the moment. Our peonies won’t come on for a couple of weeks, but I saw a whole load of wild orchids on my run-walk-run this morning.
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Great, Sarah, the message I get is that life goes on, with or without us.
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love the peonies and the frog.
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So glad you enjoyed them 🙂
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I love how being outdoors flips the “magic switch!”
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🙂 It is magical!
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Lovely scene.
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Thank you, Frank.
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this felt like a song to me, with its rhymes and rhythm!
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Thanks so much, I was feeling it after seeing the frog and the flower sprouting.
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ah. beautiful!
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Excellent Chaucerian stanza, with delightful images embedded in skillful rhymes!
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Thank you, Frank!
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