More Promptly Poetry PPC 5

We'll Tell Everyone We Live in France

We’ll tell everyone we live in France
in a stately villa by the sea.
From the city we did flee,
to the land of love and romance.
We’ll tell everyone we live in France.

Tell them how lovely life can be
how our hearts are finally free.
A life of wine and song and dance.
We’ll tell everyone we live in France.

Happiness there is a guarantee
each day we play in the spray on a spree,
the night’s lull is a heavenly trance.
We’ll tell everyone we live in France.

Though it’s a dream, we both agree
even if we must wait till we’re retirees
someday, we’ll be bold and take a chance.
We’ll tell everyone we live in France.


Written for "Promptly Poetry Challenge (2024-2025)" 

Week 36

------Poetry Form: DANSA

Here are the guidelines for writing the dansa:

Opening quintain (or 5-line stanza) followed by quatrains (or 4-line stanzas)
The opening line of the first stanza is the final line of every stanza, including the first
Rhyme scheme in the opening stanza: AbbaA (capital A represents the refrain)
Rhyme scheme in all other stanzas: bbaA
No other rules for subject, length, or meter.

One additional PPC rule for this one: a minimum of 13 lines (3 stanzas per the above rules)