Shacklee at Autumn Sky Daily
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Excellent villanelle, with great plays on homonyms.
Susan |
Simply wonderful, as usual. Great way to start the day. :)
Siham |
Much enjoyed!
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Thanks, guys. I love the form, but have never quite figured how it ticks. Still, who knows? I may be a proper villain someday.
Best, Ed |
A fun villanelle, Ed! I love “plain/plane/explain.” It calls to mind a D&A competition a few years ago, which was to write a bouts-rimés on Keats’ “After dark vapors have oppress’d our plains.”
After dark vapors have oppress’d our plains ***For a long dreary season, comes a day ***Born of the gentle South, and clears away From the sick heavens all unseemly stains. The anxious month, relieved of its pains, ***Takes as a long-lost right the feel of May; ***The eyelids with the passing coolness play Like rose leaves with the drip of Summer rains. The calmest thoughts came round us; as of leaves ***Budding—fruit ripening in stillness—Autumn suns Smiling at eve upon the quiet sheaves— Sweet Sappho’s cheek—a smiling infant’s breath— ***The gradual sand that through an hour-glass runs— A woodland rivulet—a Poet’s death. |
Mr. Shacklee does not write a bad poem after his morning coffee. I am among his biggest fans. Thanks for this, Greg.
Jennifer |
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