The Crystal Tree

Wet windows spark imagination. (Form: Rondeau) A Poetic Traditions Entry

The Crystal Tree


Like branches on a crystal tree
I watch the raindrops running free
creating images that say
it’s more than just a rainy day.
Wet window wonders - just for me!

The random twists and turns I see
highlight nature’s diversity
within this myriad display
like branches on a crystal tree.

Meandering. quite playfully,
the silver drops glide down carefree
as if they were children at play
lost in the magic of the day.
They paint a perfect filigree
like branches on a crystal tree.

An entry for June round, "Poetic Traditions Poetry Contest " 
Line Count: 15
Word Count: 82
Form: 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).

filigree ~ delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires, especially lacy jewelers' work of scrolls and arabesques.