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Sunsets and serenades...

It was a glorious sunset as seen from our "Sunset Viewing Bridge".

One photographer was set up with his tripod... plenty of room. We now have a 4 meter wide path to navigate instead of 1 meter. It's made a world of difference. It would be nice if there were a popcorn or ice-cream cart.

I wrote a serenade... of course.

"On the Sunset Viewing Bridge [161] Serenade #...? " 

Need to focus in spite of the heat.

68 degrees at midnight but no breeze to blow out the heat. 71 degrees at 9:14. May not get as hot as feared today... but come Sunday...

"Finished" but not posted:

"Lily [97]" 
"Bobby [162]" 

Finished and posted:

"Navigating the shallows [105]" 
"Sunshine [160]" 
"Remember what? JI#5 "  a rant

A new poll:

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Do I dare write a Ronsardian ode? As illustrated by Tinker ?

"The Ronsardian Ode is the creation of a deaf, French poet Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585). He was known as the Prince of Poets, a "romance" poet. Ronsard's work is musical, sensuous and pagan. Interesting that he was a cleric in minor orders and yet his poems focused more on the beauties and sorrows of his loves than spiritual matters. The structure of this stanzaic form is specific, like the Keatsian Ode it follows a uniform stanzaic pattern. It is its unique pattern that sets it apart.

The elements of the Ronsardian Ode are:

stanzaic, written in any number of 9 line stanzas.
syllabic, 10-4-10-4-10-10-4-4-8 syllables per line.
rhymed, rhyme scheme ababccddc."

If not this month... next?

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