T Wignesan Poet Villanelle

Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 29

Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 29

At last O Children of the Mother Contrées*
Roll out the red carpets for High Potentates
The hour of glory at Champs–Elysées

Cry not from Eiffel Tower 2C degrés
Temperature rises end of century, Mates
At last O Children of the Mother Contrées

Streak frowning skies in red white and blue display
Let pent-up champagne pop through foie-gras plates
The hour of glory at Champs-Elysées

Limousines line up for haute couture soirées
Blue-ribonned chefs dress-up spruced-up back-door dates
At last O Children of the Mother Contrées

Tri-colour ice cream on rhino-horn purées
See not hear not how iceberg disintegrates
The hour of glory at Champs-Elysées

Chefs d’Etat promise profit for protégés
While oceans swamp islands rivers city-states
At last O Children of the Mother Contrées
The hour of glory at Champs-Elysées

•	The final “s” in French is silent 

© T. Wignesan – Paris,  2015

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Teddy Kimathi October 27, 2016 at 2:21 AM Congrats T, for having your poem featured in the Poetrysoup Homepage!!! ;-) T Wignesan October 27, 2016 at 5:09 AM Bonjour Teddy ! Thanks a lot for reminding me: I too noticed and felt in the tréfonds de mon coeur that honour! Hope the powers that be have likewise fêted your poems! Your choice of a Pharaoh-nic visage does you proud, I must say! Wasn't the first civilization from the Dark Continent our primal common heritage! Many thanks again for visiting. Wignesan