Five Tercets and a quatrain,
Hold faith close at any cost,
All sins washed, purity regained,
A man, blistering in pain,
Seeking answers for all he’s lost,
Five Tercets and a quatrain,
When all seems lost, no hope to gain,
All circuits get distorted, become crossed,
All sins washed, purity regained,
With blood reacting through the veins,
Sanity tested, words at a loss
Five Tercets and a quatrain,
In unsuspected hours out pours the loudest of refrains,
At the point of final exhaust,
All sins washed, purity regained,
In faith pasts erase while the future’s reclaimed
Pushed as far as you can go, finally the message comes across,
Five Tercets and a quatrain,
All sins washed, purity regained
Originally posted back in March of 2011, this Villanelle is the only pure villanelle I've ever posted online. The form had, at one point been a favorite of mine, and while I have quite a bit of these stored away into folders and notebooks, I, for whatever reason, never did get around to posting them to any of my sites. I was going to enter one of these into blogger tonight, but after rereading this one, I realized that this particular villanelle is the one I wanted to share (again).
Sam Peralta is paying tribute to Dylan Thomas in Form-For All. The article is excellent and I urge everyone to stop on over to D'Verse and even if they don't decide to partake in sharing a Villanelle of their own or Reading those linked up by the ultra-talented community that is D'verse, they should not want to miss reading this article, it's that good.
Originally posted back in March of 2011, this Villanelle is the only pure villanelle I've ever posted online. The form had, at one point been a favorite of mine, and while I have quite a bit of these stored away into folders and notebooks, I, for whatever reason, never did get around to posting them to any of my sites. I was going to enter one of these into blogger tonight, but after rereading this one, I realized that this particular villanelle is the one I wanted to share (again).
Sam Peralta is paying tribute to Dylan Thomas in Form-For All. The article is excellent and I urge everyone to stop on over to D'Verse and even if they don't decide to partake in sharing a Villanelle of their own or Reading those linked up by the ultra-talented community that is D'verse, they should not want to miss reading this article, it's that good.
