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Villanelle: Paint No Colours On Plain Words Lest the Poet Stops Writing

Villanelle : Paint no colours on plain words lest the poet stop(s) writing Paint no colours on plain words lest the poet stop(s) writing Out of fear for what he writes makes no sense to the wise reader Can words of encouragement be best meted out unreviling Tell no white lies under the guise of covert praise inviting Better still no swill wallows under poems by suitor Paint no colours on plain words lest the poet stop(s) writing If you tell a poet what's wrong with his poetising You'll do him a greater service than any imposter Can words of encouragement be best meted out unreviling The kind of heedless praise gushing will longrun prove crippling That which soothes bolsters the ego comes from flatterer Paint no coiours on plain words lest the poet stop(s) writing Watch what the flatterer says it's self-compromising See how he lures you back to his page as cunning visitor Can words of encouragement be best meted out unreviling If you learn to write with conviction not by ruse conniving Two hoots will you give to thumbs up or down on what you proffer Paint no colours on plain words lest the poet stop(s) writing Can words of encouragement be best meted out unreviling © T. Wignesan - Paris, December 19, 2018

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Sand Blown

Date: 12/20/2018 10:26:00 AM

sounds like you 'might' have taught school cofhmmph : )