Gardens look so refreshed after a rain. I couldn't resist photographing this one. I hope you can see the raindrops on the petals and leaves. It inspired me to write this poem after a cloudburst.

This poem is a Lucky 13.
I came across this format as I was reviewing Earthly Ecstasy by Lakeport.

Lucky Thirteen, created 6/20/2012 by Erich J. Goller, has 13 lines and 55 words. Rather than focus on syllable count, this format uses word count as follows for the 13 lines (thus the 13):

1/2/3/5/7/7/5/7/7/5/3/2/1

There is also rhyming and a repeated line that echoes through the poem.
Rhyming Lines are: 2/3--5/6--8/9-- 11/13
Lines 4/7/10 are the lines that repeat, so the rhyme scheme becomes:

abbCddCeeCfff,
where the capital letter (C) becomes the repeated line.

Any subject, one stanza only. No specific meter required.

This photograph was taken by the author in August, 2014.

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