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Unread 05-15-2017, 08:30 AM
Susan McLean Susan McLean is offline
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I have a new villanelle in The New Verse News:

https://newversenews.blogspot.com/20...illanelle.html

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Unread 05-15-2017, 08:43 AM
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Good poem, Susan. And the title is a winner. I didn't quite notice at first, then had one of those slightly startling, entirely delightful moments of getting it.
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Unread 05-15-2017, 10:24 AM
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A zinger, Susan.
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Really good!
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Vanilla twist! That is butter-wouldn't-melt-in-my-mouth wicked and sly. Trust Susan to deliver the goods with a villanelle.

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Very nice, indeed, Susan. Well-crafted use of the form.

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A double scoop of wow, poem and title!
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Sneaks up on you, just like vanilla~~congrats, Susan!
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A really good one, Susan! Love the title!
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