T Wignesan Poet Villanelle

Villanelle: Merchants of the Word Make Writers Write For Prizes

Villanelle : Merchants of the Word make Writers write for Prizes

Merchants of the Word make writers write for prizes
Does not the failed writer pose as house editor
Great treasures of the past were weaned without judges

Prized-writers in our midst make all kinds of noises
Matters little so long as till fills publisher
Merchants of the Word make writers write for prizes

Lope de Vega scorned long-suff'ring Cervantes
His plight mattered only to French Ambassador 
Great treasures of the past were weaned without judges

Prized-writers need not fear e'en wise connaisseurs
Don't they write with flourish cocking-eye on reader
Merchants of the Word make writers write for prizes

Does the Nobel go to some who serve lost causes
Or to some who serve publishers like the Booker
Great treasures of the past were weaned without judges

True, ancient poets sang under patronages
Yet those we love most lived life under the jailor
Merchants of the Word make writers write for prizes
Great treasures of the past were weaned without judges

© T. Wignesan - Paris, May 4, 2018

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Kim Rodrigues March 10, 2021 at 6:58 AM Oh my! You have given us the angst about how we look at things. And perhaps the goat is the person that fell. Interpretations!