My Secret Place

in a couple of Burns stanzas

I'll take you to my secret place,
where sunlight spreads chantilly lace
across the verdant forest space.
We gather there,
away from city's frantic pace,
where we can share.

The squirrel's chatter welcomes me
and quashes grim monotony,
while we enjoy comradery
with Nature's world
and celebrate the tapestry
of grace unfurled.

Notes ▶︎

1. The Burns Stanza, aka Standard Habbie, is a Scottish form made popular by Robert Burns. The structure consists of six lines with a rhyme scheme of aaabab, with the "a" lines written in iambic tetrameter and the "b" lines written in iambic dimeter, as explained and demonstrated in the following links:

https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/3233-burns-stanza-standard-habbie-six-lin...

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/burns-stanza-or-standard-habbi...

2. Chantilly lace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chantilly_lace