Bernard

ROUND 4 RUNS FROM 12:01 am June 17, 2018 TO 11:59 pm July 1, 2018. WDC TIME
ROUND 4 PROMPT

Write a poem using couplets

Couplet
Two lines of verse that are usually joined in rhyme and have the same metre to form a unit.

THE TWIST - Each line of your poem should start with the 2 same alternating letters. For example line 1 starts with an ‘A’, line 2 starts with a ‘B’, line 3 starts with an ‘A’, etc. You can chose any letters you like but you can only use those 2 letters.

Bernard


Beneath the fallen aspen log
There lived a crusty, gnarly frog.
Big froggy feet, big froggy eyes,
This frog was twice the normal size!
But, hidden there under his skin
There was a great huge heart within,
Beating heartbeats, so loud and hard-
This frog was once a well-known bard!
Bard, or not, he croaked and sang
Tenor notes in a loud harangue.
Bernard, was this big froggy’s name.
Temerity was his claim to fame.
Ben, a wizard, one day, he crossed,
To be a frog, was what this cost.
Bernard, a frog he would remain
Till true love’s tender kiss, he’d gain.
Belinda, a wee lovely girl
Thought a walk would be a great whirl.
Before too long she saw a frog
Teetering on a fallen log.
Bombastically, this froggy sang
To all who heard, his voice rang.
But this girl shrieked and ran away,
The frog was destined e’er to stay
Beneath the fallen aspen log
To be a crusty, gnarly frog.
Bizarre, I know, but yet ‘tis true
This tale as I have shared with you.
Bernard, waits there until this day
True love has never come his way.