Dance in the ocean, far, far away.
The streetlights will flicker in tune;
In New York City at the end of the day.
Romeo and Juliet you will portray,
their burdens and fears were cast upon the moon.
Dance in the ocean, far, far away.
Your hearts the beat will not betray.
Others will hear your heels clicking,
In New York City at the end of the day.
Let your hair flow in the ocean spray;
do not let your life be planned.
Dance in the ocean, far, far away.
The world is in disarray;
The streetlights have begun to dim
In New York City at the end of the day.
And you, my friend, lost in the night,
I plead with God that the moon shines on you.
Dance in the ocean, far, far away,
In New York City at the end of the day.
Author notes
A villanelle
"In a traditional Villanelle:
The lines are grouped into five tercets and a concluding quatrain. Thus a Villanelle has 19 lines.
Lines may be of any length.
The Villanelle has two rhymes. The rhyme scheme is aba, with the same end-rhyme for every first and last line of each tercet and the final two lines of the quatrain.
Two of the lines are repeated:
The first line of the first stanza is repeated as the last line of the second and the fourth stanzas, and as the second-to-last line in the concluding quatrain.
The third line of the first stanza is repeated as the last line of the third and the fifth stanzas, and as the last line in the concluding quatrain."
Link to description: http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/villanelle.htm
A contest entry
- Form Poetry by KnightOfTheRose.
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Comments
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THANKS FOR THE LOVELY VILLANELLE...ITS BEEN DONE AMAZINGLY WELL...
GOOD LUCK -
A villanelle. I really like this form and I've been planning to write one for a while I just haven't gotten around to it...I'll look into that. Thank you for taking the time to enter. Excellent work and I wish you the best of luck in my contest.
-Steve-
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