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Through the Winter Cold he Rode

By  the  moonlight,  night's  pearly  softness  glowed,
In  their  slumber  deep,  fog  skirted  knolls  shoaled;
Through  the  winter  cold,  clickety  clack  he  rode.

Down  the  twisted  alleys  and  to  highroad,
Flew  out  in  wind  his  fluttering  hair  gold;
By  the  moonlight,  night's  pearly  softness  glowed.

In  the  silence  bare  as  the  mist  bellowed
O'er  the  turrets  enshrouded  in  their  fold;
Through  the  winter  cold,  clickety  clack  he  rode.

His  shadow  tossed  on  the  water  that  flowed,
As  galloped  o'er  the  bridge, ' twixt  moorlands  old;
By  the  moonlight,  night's  pearly  softness  glowed.

Meet  his  bonnie  lassie  her  chin  furrowed
'neath  her  cherry  lips  in  his  hands  to  hold;
Through  the  winter  cold,  clickety  clack  he  rode.

Her  dark  eyes  under  green  eaves  that  mellowed,
Where  blushes  of  their  love  in  whispers  told
By  the  moonlight,  night's  pearly  softness  glowed;
Through  the  winter  cold,  clickety  clack  he  rode.


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For the Contest : "Villanelle Me"
Sponsored by Catie Lindsay

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  1. Date: 10/19/2012 7:32:00 PM

    Congratulation , I liked ur poem

  1. Date: 8/13/2012 3:31:00 AM

    Congratulations!! excellent poem :)

  1. Date: 7/25/2012 6:58:00 AM

    Congratulations. Love this :-)

  1. Date: 7/3/2012 2:07:00 PM

    Congratulations, should be sung

  1. Date: 6/21/2012 11:36:00 PM

    great poem

  1. Date: 6/16/2012 6:14:00 PM

    great poem. Wow powerful.

  1. Date: 5/9/2012 8:10:00 PM

    Excellent writing!! Congratulations on your victory!! Wish you success in your future writing pursues!!! :)

  1. Date: 5/5/2012 12:58:00 PM

    Wonderful! Terry

  1. Date: 5/2/2012 11:28:00 AM

    cool

  1. Date: 4/11/2012 2:19:00 PM

    Awesome write... Congrats.

  1. Date: 3/29/2012 2:00:00 AM

    Amazing. Seemingly simplistic, yet, it was so sincere and endearing to poetry grammatically without loosing the emotion (especially enhanced by your alliteration and repetitive catch phrase appropriately); I found it overwhelming inspiring and instructional to me simultaneously. Marvelous and touching. so well deserved.

  1. Date: 3/7/2012 8:12:00 PM

    Amazing. Great use of repetition.

  1. Date: 3/3/2012 4:39:00 PM

    Enjoyed everything about your poem!

  1. Date: 2/17/2012 7:40:00 AM

    wow, this is amazing

  1. Date: 1/17/2012 11:36:00 PM

    Many congratulations! A master piece indeed and a very well deserved win!

  1. Date: 1/16/2012 5:22:00 AM

    Congratulations on your win Gwautami. Well writte poem! Cheers, Maureen

  1. Date: 1/15/2012 5:33:00 PM

    Congrats G.P. on your ground-breaking win. One Love~O.O.

  1. Date: 1/15/2012 5:12:00 PM

    Wow! Very captiving and moving read. A masterpiece indeed. Congratulations on the well deserved win!

  1. Date: 1/13/2012 10:51:00 AM

    Congrats. it is perfection, a well deserved win, love,vie

  1. Date: 1/13/2012 9:22:00 AM

    Congratulations! =)

  1. Date: 1/12/2012 9:26:00 PM

    Congratulations on your big win in the PS contest. Hugs, catie :)

  1. Date: 1/12/2012 2:16:00 PM

    (((())))Clap!Clap!Congrats on your big win..Sara

  1. Date: 1/12/2012 10:58:00 AM

    Wow, what a lovely imagery to behold, congrats on your win, be told! - Sharon

  1. Date: 1/11/2012 10:26:00 PM

    Very beautifully done; just amazing imagery. I can see him riding horseback under the moonlight, congratulations on you surper win. Keep it up, Greg

  1. Date: 1/11/2012 2:17:00 PM

    I love your onomatopoeia here too..clickety clack..reminds me of Paul Revere on his famous ride...what a powerful touch!! The hooves keep echoing in my head!

  1. Date: 1/11/2012 2:12:00 PM

    Oh Gauti, WOW! No one is more elated for this win of yours than me....I have always known of your knack for writing..I know u said u went to FB and I looked for you just 2 days ago..Your work is missed and treasured here on the soup..It would be so nice if our poetry could have illustrations to accompany it...I know how much you would like that to complement your work. Come back and hang out a while. Congrats congrats congrats...Love, Gwendolen

  1. Date: 1/11/2012 12:49:00 PM

    Oh wow, Gautami! This one is a very vivid villanelle, and I deeply enjoyed reading this one-- I'm so sorry for missing reading this before, but this sure is a wonderful write! Super duper congrats on your awesome first place win ^_^! & I hope to see you more often here!! :D

  1. Date: 1/11/2012 11:57:00 AM

    Heya Gautami. I haven't seen you around PS lately. Hope the New Year is prosperous for you and all is going well. I remember this poem. A big congratulations on your 1st place victory in the PoetrySoup contest! I am very glad that you took 1st place honours!

  1. Date: 1/11/2012 9:02:00 AM

    Gautami, pleasure to see your win, my friend, A big "Congratulations" Beautiful and worthy poem win. Agape, Moses

  1. Date: 1/11/2012 6:36:00 AM

    Loved reading your poem.....Nice one.....Congrats on your grand win....

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