The Great Outdoors - Constanza
The great outdoors affords the chance
to stretch my limbs, let down my guard,
put up a hammock in the yard.
In summertime to leave the manse
feels good with grass under bare toes.
Inhale the jasmine and the rose,
and savor sights of happenstance:
to spot a squirrel, croaking toad,
or doe and fawn crossing the road.
On mountaintops I do a dance
of triumph after a hard hike
and bask in breezes on my bike,
then waltz my bride in summer's trance
as strains of 'Blue Danube' tiptoe
through memories of long ago.
The great outdoors affords the chance
in summertime, to leave the manse
and savor sights of happenstance.
On mountaintops I do a dance
then waltz my bride in summer's trance.
Constanza
Created by Soup's own Connie Marcum Wong, a Constanza consists of 3-line stanzas of 8-syllable lines, where the first lines of each stanza are monorhymed and combined to form the final stanza. The remaining lines of each stanza are rhymed couplets.
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