“The rondeau is a French form of verse also used in English language poetry. It makes use of refrains, repeated according to a certain stylized pattern. It was customarily regarded as a challenge to arrange for these refrains to contribute to the meaning of the poem in as succinct and poignant a manner as possible. The rondeau consists of thirteen lines of eight syllables, plus two refrains (which are half lines, each of four syllables), employing, altogether, only three rhymes. It has three stanzas and its rhyme scheme is as follows: (1) A A B B A (2) A A B with refrain: C (3) A A B B A with concluding refrain C. The refrain must be identical with the beginning of the first line.”
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With Open Arms

With open arms I came to you,
my yearning sweet like morning dew.
We lost ourselves, laid down our heads,
we held our worries in their stead,
considered from a tilted view.

We talked of what we wouldn’t do;
our arguments fell often through.
Soft, withered petals when we bed
with open arms.

On many days we’d start anew
but ardor held us thick like glue.
Voraciously our needs we spread,
fast woven from a sticky thread;
from sinful lines, ourselves we drew,
with open arms.