1129 Beauty Is Everywhere Poem by John Knight

This poem is an INTERLOCKING RUBAIYAT. I have chosen for it to consist of three quatrains the rhyming pattern is therefore a a b a and
b b c b and c c a c. I have chosen ten syllables per line - iambic pentameter. I hope this is clear.

I still find beauty in the common things
The sheen of feathers on a seagulls wings
The butterfly that on my fence will rest
The sound of nature when a song thrush sings.

The tinkling of a brook I love the best
The crashing of a wave down from its crest
The waterfall whose torrent makes a roar
The ripple of a lake when it's at rest.

The clustered bluebells on the forest floor
The beauty of the roses round a door
The joy that Autumn's colour always brings
The beauty of the snow at Avimore.

(John Knight - Colchester - November 2009)