Wedding Villanelle Poems

That slow and spectacular gait of a bride
Brimming as she is with nuptial pride
With grace and beauty each regal stride
as invitees whisper, 'here comes the...

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Now, in her solitude she sits draped in mock fur, 
As the movie spool ends, silver lights begin to fade,
So, she slurps on her sorrows...

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I approach the hallowed eve of the living dead
With spooky awareness of impending doom,
Accompanied by intense feelings of mortal dread.

I can’t get creepy silhouettes out...

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Villanelle   L Milton Hankins         Aug 18th, 2022
A Corner Booth and Eggs Benedict

The mood needs to...

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Rays of golden sun, at orange dawn, I enjoy...!
I wake up, hearing chirps of birds at four O’ clock;
At fifties! Yet, I feel, as though...

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Our calendar marks but a line of days
to  set with weeks and months to fill 
the passage of time in most tidy ways. 

Many...

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Why do we love the ones who love us least?
To prove we can obtain whom we desire?
He makes cruel comments at the wedding feast

Do not...

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The fairies are whispering
A beauty with long dark brown curly hair and eyes
The color of a walnut tree
Has captured the heart of their fairy king.
They...

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I see  this house where you once lived with me
 I cannot hear your voice in any room,
I touch the  cushions,rugs and tapestry

I...

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[In Loving Memory of Pam and Roger Schulte]

Love can be found in the heavens up high, 
Look up to visit them, and be their guest-
As...

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There was much ado in fairyland,
The flowers bloomed and mild sunshine fell,
At altar did Tom and Lina stand.

Little folk came from across the land,
They came...

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As clusters of blooms rustle to sashay,
Peonies, roses, and lilies delight
With hints of peach, of gold in fine array!

Their rich fragrance wafts on a summer...

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I never being delighted for any Valentine’s day
As past 10 years of wedding does not came with any special day!!

But This Valentine’s day I experienced...

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NO  TEA  PARTY

The lid is rising on the kettle’s song,
Likewise my energy wastes itself in air,
Don’t call me when the tea’s made, I’ll...

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In Spring young thoughts turn to fancy
life around us is renewed
ladies wearing gowns all chintzy

Do entice men with a curtsey
careful least it's a wedding bed
in...

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