Villanelle № 36583
Unmasking Wyverns
Watch me slave at words I could never say
Monsoon shark god furious
The love of my father, she snaked away.
Wind swept waves bled 'til Sunday
It's a shame I am that curious
Watch me slave at words I could never say.
Fierce night howls paved the way
And the way it was deleterious
The love of my father, she snaked away.
Children raced past our well-lit display
An unintentional metamorphosis
Watch me slave at words I could never say.
A crow-haired woman asked, "was I okay?"
Lips crimson and voluptuous
The love of my father, she snaked away.
A god of wind, a shark at play
Your past is not mysterious
Watch me slave at words I could never say
The love of my father, she snaked away.
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tricherie, that would be me. ;)
a perfect villanelle. Contact someone smarter than I. 8
Here is the edited version
Masking Wyverns
Watch me slave at words I could never say
Monsoon shark god furious
The love of my father, she snaked away
Wind swept waves bled 'til Sunday
It?s a shame I am that curious
Watch me slave at words I could never say
Fierce night howls paved the way
And the way it was deleterious
The love of my father, she snaked away
Children raced past our well-lit display
An unintentional metamorphosis
Watch me slave at words I could never say
A raven-haired woman asked, "was I okay?"
Lips crimson and voluptuous
The love of my father, she snaked away
A god of wind, a shark at play
Your past is not mysterious
Watch me slave at words I could never say
The love of my father, she snaked away.
because i know how you are about spelling
for the New Yorker and they
Gay boys, Garret lief Sexton.
(the strong change is unmasking
and crow)
Unmasking Wyverns
Watch me slave at words I could never say
Monsoon shark god furious
The love of my father, she snaked away
Wind swept waves bled 'til Sunday
It's a shame I am that curious
Watch me slave at words I could never say
Fierce night howls paved the way
And the way it was deleterious
The love of my father, she snaked away
Children raced past our well-lit display
An unintentional metamorphosis
Watch me slave at words I could never say
A crow-haired woman asked, "was I okay?"
Lips crimson and voluptuous
The love of my father, she snaked away
A god of wind, a shark at play
Your past is not mysterious
Watch me slave at words I could never say
The love of my father, she snaked away.
(at least this didn't make me sad)
A Villanelle: "is 19 lines long, but only uses two rhymes, while also repeating two lines throughout the poem. The first five stanzas are triplets, and the last stanza is a quatrain such that the rhyme scheme is as follows: "aba aba aba aba aba abaa." The tricky part is that the 1st and 3rd lines from the first stanza are alternately repeated such that the 1st line becomes the last line in the second stanza, and the 3rd line becomes the last line in the third stanza. The last two lines of the poem are lines 1 and 3 respectively, making a rhymed couplet." --.
I pray this helps the 'ism' of your beak. If not. Oh, well.
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