In Days Gone By
(Rondeau)
In days gone by the cars were sweet.
The engine's roar was indiscrete.
The dash was hard, there was no belt,
No gas concerns had yet been felt,
And two could snuggle on the seat.
Their image really can't be beat
When cruising slowly down the street,
While hoping lady's hearts will melt,
In days gone by.
A lot of horsepower at your feet,
In search of dragsters to defeat.
At stops the car is looking svelte
As smoking tires squeal damage dealt
And any driver could compete,
In days gone by.
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Author Notes
This is a Ford Fairlane convertible. I miss those bench seats and driving with my honey snuggled under my arm. Everything has bucket seats now.
This poem is a Rondeau.
A Rondeau is a fixed form of poetry. It is often used in light or witty poems. It often has fifteen octo - or decasyllabic lines with three stanzas. It usually only has two rhymes (a & b) used in the poem. A word or words from the first part of the first line are used as a refrain ending the second and third stanzas. The rhyme scheme, then, is;
aabba aabR aabbaR.
The format can carry any type of meter or syllable count, as long as it follows a fixed pattern.
This picture was taken by the author himself.
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