Prompted by Poet's Place Cafe

Happy Mother's Day Form of the Week Rondine

Happy Mother's Day

Enjoy the day, they say to we,
we moms who have raised the hords
of children who'd grow up as lords
and maids in charge of all they see.

We kissed the scrapes on your knee
knowing someday we'd cut the chords.
Enjoy the day

Love a given, we cleaned debris
left in the wake of our wards
always mindful of vast rewards
of raising our charges joyfully
Enjoy the day!
                              ~~Judi Van Gorder

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12 Lines

Written in response to "Form of the week: Rondine"  

The Rondine   is a little seen shortened version of the Rondeau dating back to at least the 16th century. The elements of the Rondine are:
         1. a poem in 12 lines made up of a quatrain, a tercet and ending in a quintet.
         2. syllabic 8 syllables per line accept L7 and L12 which are 4 syllables each. In English metered, most often iambic tetrameter except the refrain which is iambic dimeter.
         3. composed with a refrain repeated from the opening phrase of the poem, rentrement.
         4. rhymed, using only 2 rhymes except for the refrain being unrhymed, rhyme scheme abba,abR, abbaR (R being the refrain)