Challenge
Write a Villanelle
A villanelle is a nineteen-line poem with two repeating rhymes and two refrains. The form is made up of five tercets followed by a quatrain. The first and third lines of the opening tercet are repeated alternately in the last lines of the succeeding stanzas; then in the final stanza, the refrain serves as the poem’s two concluding lines. (Ex. Dylan Thomas's "Do not go gentle into that goodnight")
All topics are accepted.
A walk through the woods
I listen to the silence that echoes
I hear a leaf rustle in the wind
walking a path I know not where it goes.
On silent wings a bird flies quick then slows
red feathers to the sky ascend
I listen to the silence that echoes.
Green-leafed branches entwine to form windows
brief glimpses of blue that does not end
walking a path I know not where it goes.
Around me everywhere I see shadows
fauna who with the dark will to blend
I listen to the silence that echoes.
Of nature’s beauty poems I compose
wishing I could share them with a friend
walking a path I know not where it goes.
I find brief respite from the constant throes
of suffering life towards me does send
I listen to the silence that echoes
walking a path I know not where it goes.