The News Gives Me the Blues

The News Gives Me the Blues

I like to start my morning right, watching the news
I drink my hot coffee, waiting for the dawn
Meanwhile, I wait for my wife to wake up
When she comes in the room, my nightmares are gone
Watching the news unfolding, the blues flare up
As the afternoon winds down, I drink my tea
By the evening. I need to stop and booze up
Watching the news continues to depress me
But sometimes the constant gloom and doom gives me the blues
When it gets too much, I turn to BB King
Listening to him sing the blues, makes my heart zing



Today's form is the Onzain Neerlandaise. You can find an example here: "Onzain Neerlandaise "

Topic: The Blues.

Remember to include your line count in the forum post.

The Onzain is a French form in origin, and in future posts I am going to add more examples of this form. The Dutch variation of the Onzain - Onzijn was popularized in The Netherlands by Drs. P. The good Doctor is celebrating his 88th birthday today.

Onze stands for eleven. The Onzain counts eleven lines, and each line contains eleven syllables. The rhyme scheme for the Onzain Neerlandaise:

onzijn.
a-b-c-b-c-d-c-d-a-e-e