T Wignesan Poet Villanelle

Villanelle: Teach Not a Dog How Not To Bark

Villanelle : Teach not a dog how not to bark
   (This dog the mawkish villanelle baulks)

Teach not a dog how not to bark
   Dogs bark for a lark in the dark
When Masters mawkish dreams embark

Do dogs bark to ape human talk
   Or wake Masters to take side-walk
Teach not a dog how not to bark

Each dog howls up some Jack’s Bean Stalk
   For the wolf in the dog must stalk
When Masters mawkish dreams embark 

Do dogs bark to make the dingo baulk
   At some sick Master’s leash-end talk
Teach not a dog how not to bark

Each dog lifts its leg at some bark
   Don’t preachers too leak after dark
When Masters mawkish dreams embark 

Every dog knows it must bark
Every dog knows its own bark
Teach not a dog how not to bark
When Masters mawkish dreams embark 
   © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2015

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Jan Allison August 20, 2015 at 8:32 AM a tongue twisting villanelle - this is very clverly written and made me smile:-) hugs jan xx T Wignesan August 20, 2015 at 9:03 AM Thanks a lot for the hugs and xx, Jan, the wolf in the dog makes for a growl even if no jowl is visible under the cowl. Keep that tongue still, Lady, and you'll live to smile when the knell-will guile. Every good wish. Wignesan