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A villanelle is a form of 19-line poem consisting of five tercets and a final quatrain on two rhymes, but there is more to a villanelle. What is villanelle in poetry (complete definition)?
Hesitancy Define First Step DivineI saw all life fade ... merely pass away
of all that I knew hath spun around me
past brace presence death, carpe mortem day
Night hung in shame, weighed aim, promised Word--stay
I spun confused, afterlife, mine this...
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Categories:
analogy, faith, heaven, hope,
Form: Villanelle
Its A BattleThe hardest battle is the one you don't
always feel like fighting.
You cannot neglect, the neglected forever.
Life always feels like a challenge,
Other times it feel pointless, I know.
The hardest battle is the one you
don't...
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Categories:
courage, emotions, encouraging, endurance,
Form: Villanelle
Villanelles IVVILLANELLES IV
She Always Grew Roses
by Michael R. Burch
a belated eulogy for my grandmother, Lillian Lee
Tell us, heart, what the season discloses.
“Too little loved by the ego in its poses,
she always grew roses.”
What...
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Categories:
angel, eulogy, family, grandmother,
Form: Villanelle
Hot Pickles Are Better Than A Cookie
Hot pickles are better than a cookie;
That crunch such a perfect sour bite,
sinful taste please feed them to me;
My palate prefers fire to candy,
oversaturated leaves me contrite;
Hot pickles are better than a cookie;
They’re more than...
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Categories:
emotions, feelings, food, lust,
Form: Villanelle
A Villanelle I Must TellThere are so many things I must say
In this fleeting moment of time
But go and have a wonderful day
Choking on words, I get in my way
For every thought, I’ll give a dime
There are so many...
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Categories:
desire, goodbye, nonsense, repetition,
Form: Villanelle
Open your eyesOpen your eyes to the detailed view
Now is your gifted chance day or night
To see the beauty like drops of dew
Valuable breaks to help you get through
Any unexpected stressful plight
Open your eyes to the detailed...
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Categories:
beautiful, encouraging, inspiration, life,
Form: Villanelle
A Mix of Truth with a Few LiesTruth isn't always a good look,
It can be as painful as reading
a very sad book.
Its easy and appealing
To be deceiving,
It obviously wont crush those
Inner feelings.
If the truth is too bitter,
Why wouldn't you mix something
a little...
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Categories:
confusion, corruption, evil, integrity,
Form: Villanelle
Enthusiasm
“Enthusiasm is nothing more or less than faith in action” – Henry Chester
Oh, glitter dreams, I had to let you go
though in my youth, you’re all that I longed for.
Faith fled when my sweet passions...
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Categories:
emotions,
Form: Villanelle
Uncommon ReposeI hope you find yourself calm; next to me, in uncommon, repose
Like a peony, your beauty willingly unfolds so naturally plain
I found myself undeniably happy in the feelings to you; I expose
You heal my wounds;...
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Categories:
feelings, love, romance, romantic,
Form: Villanelle
In The Midst of ChaosWhy do we wait till the very last minute?
Is the world not always calling,
Yet we don't respond.
Does it take a crazy emergency,
For us then to see an immediate urgency?
Why do we wait till the...
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Categories:
change, conflict, evil, future,
Form: Villanelle
Life With PainLife With Pain
I live with pain every day of my life
Silently praying and smiling throughout,
And cry myself to sleep every night.
How quaint I may appear, but without spite
And `rise to labour day in and day...
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Categories:
emotions, grief, pain,
Form: Villanelle
DAWNs DELIGHTI’m out of mind and sound is dawn’s delight.
A trip, I take, around huddle of trees.
The splice of pink and purple cane is sweet.
With warbling voice, blackcap chorus excite.
Break of lull’by, and brightly colored breeze.
I’m...
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Categories:
bird, day, sky,
Form: Villanelle
PetuniaIn gardens fair, where colors bloom,
Petunias dance in whispered grace,
Their vibrant hues dispel the gloom.
With petals soft as velvet plume,
They weave a tale of love's embrace,
In...
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Categories:
flower,
Form: Villanelle
Tie Dyed HandI have been called a hippy dippy;
Transient, I travel when I can,
to me mellow flow is so groovy;
Traveling from city to city,
that flower child who lives in a van;
I have been called a hippy dippy;
My...
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Categories:
emotions, feelings, nature,
Form: Villanelle
America Needs A Multiparty System RantGrandstanders are crooks as far I can tell
Some grandstanders aren’t what can I say
A mixed system is needed I do yell
Dems weak and do zip homie. did foretell
Biden’s Israel mid-east plan good. I...
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Categories:
america, angst, political,
Form: Villanelle
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