Frīends
The rondel originates from French lyrical poetry and consists of two rimes in three stanzas according to the formula ABba abAB abbaA(B). It can be thirteen or fourteen lines.
Soft morning song, mellifluous petition(amphibrach—feminine)
Of pleasantries that gently kiss the ear.
As darkness fades, the little ones appear
In ruffled feathers, dance the morn's rendition.
Each note that's sung from Nature's small musician
To woo but one, this sprightly cavalier.
Soft morning song, mellifluous petition
Of pleasantries that gently kiss the ear.
Both song and beauty, by his own admission,
Performing at this special time of year,
To dance and sing, his mate she swoons quite near—
Then off they fly, ’tis Nature's sweet tradition.
Soft morning song, mellifluous petition
Of pleasantries that gently kiss the ear.(this line could be omitted)
This piece was inspired by those little blue (superb) fairywrens (Malurus cyaneus). No doubt you have seen them. Pretty little things and yet the females are so drab. How they jump and sing, truly. How do those little spindly legs survive? They do not live in or near the majestic Eucalypt I write about. That is magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) territory.