Summer Ballet

in a Pantoum poem

An old golden retriever sat on my porch
and watched fireflies flicker in the night
after we extinguished flaming Tiki torch,
so their rhythmic pulsing could excite.

We watched fireflies flicker in the night,
performing aerial ballet we adore,
and their rhythmic pulsing did excite
exquisite memories to keep forevermore.

Performing aerial ballet that we adore,
after we extinguished flaming Tiki torch,
they made memories to keep forevermore,
while old golden retriever sat on my porch.

Notes ▶︎

1. The Pantoum is an intriguing composition with a specific pattern of rhyme and repetition, as described and demonstrated in the following link: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/pantoum.html .

2. Submitted to "The Writer's Cramp"  for 6/19/2023 with the prompt:

Begin AND End your story or poem with this line - bolded:
An old golden retriever sat on my porch.