W3 – Garden

Suzanne’s prompt guidelines

• Theme: Transformation;
• Form: Quatern

The Quatern is a 16-line form composed of four quatrains (four-line verses), with eight syllables per line. It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain. The 1^st line of stanza one (S1) is the 2^nd line of S2, 3^rd line of S3, and 4^th line of S4.

Four quatrains (four-line verses):

Syllabic: Eight syllables per line;

Rhyming: Rhyming is not required, but quaterns often follow a rhyme scheme;

Refrain: The refrain of a quarterback repeats the 1^st line of stanza one (S1) as the 2^nd line of S2, the 3^rdline of S3, and the 4^th line of S4.

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The growing season, a short one

An early planting is the key

Frost may appear on a budding

Plastic tenting may act a shield.

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As the season changes, spring warms

The growing season, a short one

Delicate snow may still intrude

Moisture is also needed now.

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Spring budding gives us a promise

Blooms open in summer sunshine

The growing season, a short one

We work to keep faith for harvest.

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Autumn comes with hard rains and hail

We quickly reap the fruit bounty

Thankful we save most from damage

The growing season a short one.

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W3 Prompt #122: Wea’ve Written Weekly