Exceptional Rhyming poetry ~ Rondeau As Daylight Fades by Sugarray77 Rhyming Poetry Contest contest entry

As daylight fades to twilight's hush, encroaching shadows ~ lilac flush,    soft pastel tints spread o'er the sky,    a mesmerizing, wistful sigh, reflections of a maiden's blush. Within the tangled underbrush, I hear a nestled, sleepy thrush    begin his nightly lullaby, as daylight fades. A slowing of the frenzied rush releases me and lifts the crush;    I watch the varied hues on high    and gaze at friendly fireflies; my garden's restful, verdant, lush, as daylight fades... Recognized Author Notes Photo by Phil Koch. I am Southern and fireflies has three syllables ;) A Rondeau is a French form, 15 lines long, consisting of three stanzas: a quintet, a quatrain, and a sestet with a rhyme scheme as follows: aabba aabR aabbaR. Lines 9 and 15 are short - a refrain (R) consisting of a phrase taken from line one. The other lines are longer (but all of the same metrical length). More info on Shadowpoetry.com

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