The couplet's first in writing villanelles;
if you desire your work to be its best,
a singleness in purpose always tells.
Of course, the open has the hook that sells,
your reader is seduced to read the rest.
The couplet's first in writing villanelles.
Your second line resides in writer's hell,
the rhyme-rich ending word must meet the test
and singleness in purpose always tells.
Pentameter iambic works just swell,
but matters not, as many will attest.
The couplet's first in writing villanelles.
Last stanza rolls around, the poet's well
is nearly dry, their muse under duress;
a singleness in purpose always tells.
The final lines! Relax, and sit a spell,
enjoy the glow of formal poem's success.
The couplet's first in writing villanelles.
a singleness in purpose always tells.
Apr 15, 2015
Apr 15, 2015 at 9:56 AM UTC
The couplet's first in writing villanelles;
if you desire your work to be its best,
a singleness in purpose always tells.
Of course, the open has the hook that sells,
your reader is seduced to read the rest.
The couplet's first in writing villanelles.
Your second line resides in writer's hell,
the rhyme-rich ending word must meet the test
and singleness in purpose always tells.
Pentameter iambic works just swell,
but matters not, as many will attest.
The couplet's first in writing villanelles.
Last stanza rolls around, the poet's well
is nearly dry, their muse under duress;
a singleness in purpose always tells.
The final lines! Relax, and sit a spell,
enjoy the glow of formal poem's success.
The couplet's first in writing villanelles.
a singleness in purpose always tells.
NaPoWriMo day 15...a poem about itself.
The original title was, "How My Villanelles Write Themselves", which lasted until the fourth verse. ;)
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