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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)?

A Fool's Game

"A fool and his money are soon parted." --Thomas Tusser Money is the name of a fool’s game Those who have it have...Read More

The Ever-Swelling Tide

Were I to ignore the ever-swelling tide Lay my head upon the pillow unheeding, Allowing fate alone to be my trusted guide I would lay life’s better choices then aside Betraying the inner voices ever pleading, Were I to...Read More

The Sycamore Tree

I was born to breathe free, outdoors count my rings and you will know how old I am I come from a family of sycamores I own a massive trunk when eagles soar they...Read More

MY PERSPECTIVE

I am what I am by the Saviour’s grace Such is scriptural truth my soul does claim Propped by redemption of compassion brace. Steadfastly running along Christian race My faith testifies along prayer flame I am what I am...Read More

When the Mind Plays Tricks

Sometimes my mind goes completely blank, And I cannot recall a name, place, or event, It can be problematic, to be perfectly frank. It surely has nothing to do with what I drank Occasionally the brain seems to be...Read More

Beyond The Corn Maze

Far beyond the moonlit corn maze the silence of true terror lies within the bonfire’s burning blaze; ‘Urban legend’ isn’t just a paraphrase; In short it may bring about your demise, far beyond the moonlit...Read More

The Creative Mind

Consider the unlimited possibilities of the creative mind In the realm of the fine arts many genres of expression The world’s museums could not contain the whole, I find. Music accounts for equal numbers of diversities in kind Literary...Read More

Young Love in Summer

Weep not at the close of a summer’s dream, Nor think love will ne’er return another June Remember things are seldom as they seem. Cupid plays on the young his favorite scheme Love in winter forever sings a different...Read More

This Sordid Villanelle

It seems I can’t escape this plot, this telling of the tell; a mandatory element is a first-person write. Just don’t make me the villain of this sordid villanelle. I much prefer to narrate from deep down within...Read More

The Serial Killer

To Gratify a Superstition "Your suffering 'god' is your accomplishment. Shoulder it yourself." ...Read More

I Think of Summertime

I think of summertime as an old friend, for it’s when school let out and I could play! Just like a young girl, still I hate its end. I know that summer’s just around the bend when warmer days...Read More

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