Name Villanelle Poems

Heavenly Master, mirror-less races ...,
fat, thin, tall, short, friend, foe--didn't you know? 
Soul choose sin--soulless|soul forgive saves--us.

Saved souls Heaven bound|ground zero soulless,
selves/reborn, lame bod/mind--restored, UP...

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Villanelle: Remembering Not to Call
by Michael R. Burch

(a villanelle permitting mourning, for my mother, Christine Ena Burch)

The hardest thing of all,
after telling her everything,
is remembering...

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Your heart is my soul in me
Your face I can't forget
Your love that dwells in me

I always call your name in me
A gem I keep...

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"A fool and his money are soon parted."
               --Thomas Tusser

Money is...

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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...

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You turned me into  a trick candle flame,
when it flickered you lit a spark; 
Making me believe again was your aim; 

When I ...

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Contest Name: AN ORIGINAL VILLANELLE CONTEST.
Sponsor: L MILTON HANKINS.
Written on : 02/03/2022

Walking on a lane, and I see you, 
You are so beautiful, as a...

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Maiden misses her fate down by the sea
Novel has taken her interest away
Missive on her lap quells her light

Sailor ponders whether she might court he
Watching...

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with a razor I crop and cut away 
all signifiers of my birth name 
so i can finally let my hips sway

prickly pits and nasty days
of dreading...

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 Villanelle : Hide not behind caste nor bought courtly name

[He who fears to affix his name to his face or words has something to...

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I am befuddled by these spirits visiting me
In the middle of the night with shrill voices
Whispering devilish messages, full of glee,

Enhancing my weariness for the...

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A new way of living has settled in   
feeling like a wilted piece of kale 
Covid stole my joy, oh what a sin...

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We can be equal without being the same. 
Let's say it out loud, we shall be heard: 
Look past my gender, and know my name....

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Their really comes a time in our lives :;when we come to "REFLECT AND REALIZE" who "BROUGHT US THROUGH"!!!! I am so,so,so,  glad when...

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Tried by fire one could easily fall to the flame
But you endure and will come out stronger in the end
Sometimes the road doesn't leave us...

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