D.W. Rodgers Poet Villanelle

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Line of Days

Our calendar marks but a line of days
to  set with weeks and months to fill 
the passage of time in most tidy ways. 

Many might favour the month of May
when blossoms sweet the nose will thrill
our calendar marks but a line of days

Then there’s October, with leaves all ablaze
harvest’s rich bounty and meat on the grill
signing time’s passage in succulent ways. 

Some swoon for June and wedding bouquets
and midsummer’s night on a dark forest hill
with calendar midstream in year’s line of days

But I choose December though skies are grey
when Yuletide’s warmth cuts through winter’s chill
and scripts yearend’s passage in most tidy ways. 

Once round the circle, ahead new days lay
as together we travel on time’s treadmill
our calendar tracks passage in most tidy ways
till our time is over and so end our days.


7/7/2020

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Sara Kendrick September 23, 2020 at 6:21 AM Creative work. The Villanelle is not a very easy form to do. I can't ever remember exactly the way it should be written and have to look up a form every time. LOL..I think you have done well. Sara D.W. Rodgers September 23, 2020 at 8:08 AM Thanks Sara, Itoo have to look u this form and sometimes stray.