Laid out beneath soft summer skies,
Caramel skin glistens like silk;
The sun dances in those amber eyes.
Quiet breath and muted sighs,
Fingers pressing against pursed lips,
Laid out beneath soft summer skies.
I feel them all; the lows, the highs,
The touch of oily, scented skin, and
The sun dances in those amber eyes.
Her collarbone, her ribs, her thighs,
Butterfly-fragile under fumbling fingers,
Laid out beneath soft summer skies.
When the warm light finally dies,
I lean towards her as the last of
The sun dances in those amber eyes.
Before our lips touch – and it’s no surprise –
She turns her head away from mine,
Laid out beneath soft summer skies,
The sun dances in those amber eyes.
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This is a Villanelle.
Wikipedia says: "A villanelle has only two rhyme sounds. The first and third lines of the first stanza are rhyming refrains that alternate as the third line in each successive stanza and form a couplet at the close. A villanelle is nineteen lines long, consisting of five tercets and one concluding quatrain." They are pretty hard, and are considered to be one of the more complex poetic forms. Enjoy.  |
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You can't always get what you want.
I knew it was a villanelle, I recognised the structure from Dylan Thomas's Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night! I'm so impressed with myself.
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You bashed your head and I found something to do; I make up memories of me and you, it's like playing with your food, it's like playing with your food.
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Remember, remember, the Fifth of November...
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i'd seen this style of poetry before in the local paper once. i didn't know what it was called though.
This was nice.... again.
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No single raindrop believes that it is the cause of the flood.
And yeah, that's the hard bit.
Thanks for the kind words.
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No single raindrop believes that it is the cause of the flood.
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