I would like to wish all mothers who pass by this way a Happy Mother's Day. Below is a poem especially for you :
A Villanelle for Mother's Day
A villanelle for Mother's Day
Should take me just about an hour:
Writing it is child's play.
Because I know just what to say,
And rhyming's quite within my power,
To write it should be child's play.
Yet plain speech is not my way:
I look for leaves to shade my flower,
This villanelle for Mother's Day.
I do not wish to sound too fey,
Obscure, mystic, gushy, sour--
Arggh! Writing's never child's play!
Yes, childish! To my dismay,
Far beyond the allotted hour,
This villanelle for Mother's Day
Dawdles on. Let me just say
It plain: I love you, and so end our
Villanelle for Mother's Day.
(Well … writing it was child's play.)
- Nicholas Gordon
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You are so right. I think I will search for the guy who posted it as a villanelle and give him the definition. Thanks estee. I not only learned a new word but also learned not to post things indiscriminately... heh heh.
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