List: Villanelle



Villanelle
A Villanelle is a nineteen-line poem consisting of a very specific rhyming scheme:
aba aba aba aba aba abaa.

The first and the third lines in the first stanza are repeated in alternating order throughout the
poem, and appear together in the last couplet (last two lines).

  • Song From Blue Collar Trash
    We are the souls that kiss the dirt
    And we don’t stop to wonder why.
    33 lines, 1 comment, on May 3 11:03 AM
  • Spring Rain
    Lost in the vitality of Spring rain I feel within me a transformation.
    23 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 26 9:50 PM
  • Song From Blue Collar Trash
    We are the souls that kiss the dirt
    And we don’t stop to wonder why.
    33 lines, 1 comment, on May 3 11:03 AM
  • Madness
    Hear the echo of silence in the wall. It resounds in an angry and loud roar.
    26 lines, 3 comments, on May 3 12:47 PM. In Dark
  • A Little Weed
    Let us gather and smoke a little weed
    by the campfire flickering its flame
    33 lines, 5 comments, on May 3 6:01 PM
  • Saucy Memories of Alice
    35 lines, on May 15 11:54 PM. In Adult
  • Once In a Blue Moon
    As she comes to me once in a deep blue moon I feel the excitement welling up within.
    32 lines, 3 comments, on May 16 10:15 PM. In Love
  • The Art of Deception
    I partake in the art of love’s deception
    What other way could I love someone like you?
    35 lines, 1 comment, on May 16 10:46 PM
  • Sit Up Straight!
    Sit up straight! Don't be a slouchy boy. You don't want to be a droopy man.
    35 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 7 9:42 PM
  • Gehenna eccan mues mox ludus
    Lucifer knows that I have been devil may care
    This world has been my playground far and wide.
    23 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 7 10:19 PM
  • Everyone Must Rock and Roll
    No matter what we take a part in this dance.
    Life is a wild rock and roll song that we sing
    24 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 7 10:48 PM
  • The Beauty of Your Face
    Of truth your beauty is your saving grace
    When you tinkle with your eyes at me that way
    29 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 13 3:47 PM
  • All the Tricks of Wonderland
    36 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 26 11:56 PM. In Erotica
  • An Easy Game to Play
    Love is never an easy game to play yet we play weather we win lose or draw.
    37 lines, on Jul 2 6:18 PM
  • Into the Night
    39 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 5 8:21 PM. In Adult

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