Villanelles Gone Wild

Villanelles Gone Wild

Every so often we challenge each other to write poetry using a standard form. Maybe it was from the cabin fever but for sure it was villanelle madness this week. The villanelle, a notoriously tricky little fellow (or lass) to capture was fair game for most of our writers.  Amazing how such an exacting form allowed for such a diversity of voices.  

Fly - a villanelle By Tegan

Manifesto Number One - a villanelle by James Escher

Bones - a villanelle by William Reger

I can't escape poetry - a villanelle by Alex Ruggieri

Cardinal Bernardin - a villanelle by Frank Modica

Of course it wasn't all the notoriously difficult and cranky Villanelle - form madness extended to the haiku

Seasonal Haiku - by Creel Unbelove'd

A Love Hakube Challenge by CU Poetry

and song writing

Recycled Chirstmas Tree- read then sung by Ruth Walker

And last but not least a Glosa - you heard me - Um you'll probably wanna google that...

Tinman - a glosa poem by Steve LaVigne

Christmas Ornaments - a sonnet by Creel Unbelove'd

Limerick by Tegan

Here are the same in our soundcloud format - both are nice players but easier to share with the soundcloud