A month was all it ever took

for them to read and then discuss,

so analyse their choice of book.

He came by car and she by bus.

He spoke his mind, was rather loud.

She was so shy, not one to fuss

sitting unnoticed in the crowd,

rarely speaking, if at all,

while he was forceful, large and proud.

He was for crime, she found biographies enthral.

Now opposites attract, or so they say

and maybe that was their downfall.

The magic moment struck one day.

Perhaps they touched, exchanged a glance.

No matter which, Love found a way,

For they agreed to read and take a chance,

Settling together for Romance.

Max Frost

27 Nov 2004

Max writes: It is a Terza Rima , meaning third rhyme , because it is in three line stanzas and the middle line of each stanza must rhyme with the first and third line of the following stanza. It is finished with a two line envoi which rhymes with the middle line of the previous stanza.