Wordsworth's "I Wandered..." Restated Challenge, Line ending words must be repeated Options

[jgdittier]

Behold the sky without a CLOUD,
Let clement air caress the HILLS,
As then was I who eyed a CROWD,
A dale of dainty DAFFODILS:
Before the beach, beyond the TREES,
Beckoning to me with the BREEZE

An auric acre of awesome SHINE
In matrix like the milky WAY,
A burst of beauty, none in LINE
With sea of sun along the BAY:
No way could I but give a GLANCE,
Winking and wagging in dainty DANCE.

How like the waves, these posies, THEY
will bow and bid in sharing GLEE:
What words would fail to gush with GAY
In green and yellow COMPANY:
I stood amazed, without a THOUGHT
And then thanked God for what He BROUGHT.

And now, as I'm abed and LIE
With peace and piety, my MOOD'
I see them with my mindful EYE
who join me in my SOLITUDE;
Then once again my mem'ry FILLS
and I'm amongst those DAFFODILS.

(to read Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud", righr here it Mosaic Musings, go to
Legendary Libations, William Wordsworth, posted by Cleo.

[Larry]

Hi Daniel and Alan,

Glad you both came back to this forum. I've enjoyed both of your recent posts.

Here is one more from my neck of the woods.

I Wondered In…

The room was filled with noxious cloud
like fog which hugs the small foothills
and through the haze I saw a crowd
dressed up like paisley daffodils.
Those standing were like wizened trees
contorted by strong ocean’s breeze;

their eyes were glazed, there was no shine.
Those seated seemed to nod away
and then their bodies would incline
like buoys adrift on placid bay.
I didn’t stare but just a glance
revealed a soft slow-motion dance

between two would-be lovers. They
now moved as one and laughed with glee
at some shared private joke. So gay
within that stolid company;
they touched and kissed without a thought.
This panoramic scene now brought

back reminiscent youth. I’d lie
if I revealed that self-same mood
had not played out in memory’s eye.
I now prefer my solitude
on scented path through woods that fills
my mind; not ersatz daffodils.


Larry