When Waters Dance

by Treischel

When Waters Dance
(An Octogram)

There is pure magic in the air,
When waters dance.
An artist put a fountain there.
It isn't chance!
Within the garden by the lake,
Along the path that you might take,
There lies a pool that speaks romance,
When waters dance.

Enclosed by ring of flowers faire,
It will entrance.
The Center rising with a flair,
A simple glance
Will see the rising ripples flash,
Then throw the drops that make a splash
Upon a pond where waves will prance,
When waters dance.

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Water simply lifting from the center of a pool and cascading down in a splash of waves, makes a walk through this garden very pleasant. It's located in an alcove between buildings of an apartment complex in downtown St. Paul.

This poem is an Octogram.
The Octogram is a style of poetry invented by Fanstorian Sally Yocom (S.Yocom). It consists of two stanzas of eight lines each, with a very specific syllable count and rhyme scheme.
Syllable count is 84848884, repeat on second stanza.
Rhyme scheme: aBabccbB ababddbB, where B repeats same text repeated.
No more than 16 lines.

This photograph was taken by the author himself at the Upper Landing Apartment Complex in St. Paul in June, 2012.

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