Rhina, you give excellent advice about the difference between exercises and poems. A poem will tell you when it wants to be written, although sometimes the way it tells you so is by taking over an exercise. I guess that gives some justification to the school of thought that says "set aside some time each day and just write." But all I seem to be able to write on demand is light verse. Serious poems are a long time incubating, though they hatch fairly quickly when they are ready. I find serious ideas too hard to come by to waste them on exercises.
Your villanelle is delicate and deep and touching. I don't know what ghose is and can't find it in the dictionary, please help.
Carol
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