The Madness of Love

Painted Flowers

Prompt for the Writer's Cramp: The Jozzonet is a Dutch form, developed by Joz Knoop. The Jozzonet has an odd number of lines. The middle line of the poem functions as a mirror. (source: www.nederlands.nl)
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Painted Flowers

While outside the rain fell in streams,
I painted two blue and purple pansies.
My tears blended their colors,
And they dripped off the page.
My tears blended their colors.
I painted four blue and purple pansies,
While outside the rain fell in streams.

As the thunder roared outside,
I painted two red carnations.
My anger made them disjointed.
Their petals looked like prunes.
My anger made them disjointed.
I painted four red carnations,
As the thunder roared outside.

When the skies began to clear,
I painted one bright-yellow daffodil,
And I sighed, and then I smiled.
It arched upward, cheery and bold,
And I sighed, and then I smiled.
I painted one bright-yellow daffodil
When the skies began to clear.