Le Voyage Magnifique

My Secret Place

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--
our pied-a-terre.

Convening squirrel, rabbit, fawn,
we meet to greet the coming dawn
and welcome grace of tardy swan
with hearty "Ciao!"
There is no need for Amazon.
It's here right now.

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

Let the creativity flow from your soul!
Dave
"The Poet's Place "