Thursday, November 8, 2018

The Rondeau Is a Thing of Five

The woodspurge hath a cup of three (Dante Gabriel Rossetti)
The rondeau is a thing of five,
but also of two and three.
The haiku is of three.
          Chaucer’s rondeau's about staying alive
          through winter, whose weeds will be
The rondeau is a thing of five,
but also of two and three.
          o'ershaken by bright Phoebus on high,
          St. Valentine. The small birds find their joy,
          become the two becomes three.
The rondeau is a thing of five,
but also of two and three.
The haiku is of three.