Water Villanelle Poems

The shots ring out,
The soldiers drop,
Comrades shout,

The soldiers are filled with doubt,
As they splash through the slop,
The shots ring out,

The blood shall spout,
The bodies flop,
Comrades...

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The breeze that blows across the green,
The rustling leaves, the babbling stream,
Nature's gifts, a wondrous scene.

But now the world has turned unclean,
The air, the earth,...

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A single drop of water might be a source of solace.
Since what is unseen is destroyed, allow me to stay.
A magnificent ecstasy fantasy, a dreamlike...

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For any glimpse of light he sought,
As he turned to a chiming clock,
But in this world there is naught.

Many years the world had taught,
Of fire,...

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The sacred hoop is my life wheel,
circular with no beginning and no end;
this infinite circle I must reveal.

The teachings within help me heal,
where east,...

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What a treacherous road true love can take
for paramours eager to taste desire,
but one their kindred hearts would not forsake.

For Water and Fire, passion meant...

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Ones upon a life to pass  
Where joy could have been imagined to last  
With innocence far from rust  
And body far...

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Far away over meadows, fields and hills
Or through oak woodland which is ever sweet;
Seeking out Wordsworth's golden daffodils.

Early morning, amid the dewy chills
Where a dawn...

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I was maybe two or, possibly, three
When I tossed our cat into the deep well
As a toddler, I was on a playful spree.

I am certain...

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Glacier releases a drop of water
Flowing upon bosom of Mother Earth 
Separation births power of prayer

Karmic journey is long, with no waiver 
Conflicting emotions entwine...

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Sea level rises... glaciers gradually melt
Global temperature is climbing the cliff.. Beware 
But hey, G H gases don't exist.. Global warming is a myth

Throw everywhere...

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From near one pole to the other, from South to North,
Billions of tons of ice melt every year, climate change
It’s become one of the major...

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Hopeless cries from faraway Africa are heard 
Searing sands of Ethiopia cry for sustainable water 
Children are dying, never having spoken a word. 

Desperate fathers...

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Rivers Run

Let the rivers run
Feel the water flow
Until you can’t see the sun

Dark waters have begun
And the breeze starts to blow
Let the rivers run

Playing all...

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They come for just one night,      
sleep over ‘til next day.      
They must be off,...

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