Past or Soon: A Villanelle
Poetry| Writing
I have always been more comfortable working with poetry that comes with structure and rules. The rules for a villanelle are as follows:
· 5 tercets which follow an A B A rhyme scheme
· 1 quatrain which follows an A B A A rhyme scheme
· 2 refrains
Enjoy!
Past or Soon: A Villanelle
Silent dawns whisper beware
I, like a rabbit, ears raise
Past or soon, something is there.
Must control my desperate stare
Brush it off’ life’s confused maze
Silent dawns whisper beware.
I have, I need, to prepare
Mounting anxiety plays
Past or soon, something is there.
Did I miss it? Was it here?
I don’t know which way to gaze
Silent dawns whisper beware.
Protect those for whom I care
Direction? So many ways
Past or soon, something is there.
I didn’t know I’d end here
The rabbit no longer stays
Silent dawns whisper beware
Past or soon, something is there.
