Orchids and Roses

Orchids and roses, the scent of lilac;
couple in love, flora comes into view.
Open the door to their new sugar shack.

First at the sight they were taken aback;
Johnny Robb sighed and so did Mary Lou.
Orchids and roses, the scent of lilac.

Door was mahogany outlined in black;
Johnny held Mary intent to make woo.
Open the door to their new sugar shack.

Entering newlyweds steadied on track;
flowers abundant from out of the blue!
Orchids and roses, the scent of lilac.

Mary grabbed Johnny and gave him a smack;
but it was lovingly lip impromptu.
Open the door to their new sugar shack.

Passing all flora, they made for the sack;
beauty’s arrangement urged love to accrue.
Orchids and roses, the scent of lilac;
open the door to their new sugar shack.


19 Lines (Villanelle)
Writer’s Cramp
1-24-15
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A villanelle (also known as villanesque) is a nineteen-line poetic form consisting
of five tercets followed by a quatrain. There are two refrains and two repeating rhymes,
with the first and third line of the first tercet repeated alternately until the last stanza,
which includes both repeated lines.