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Who I Used to Be. First Place in Villanelle Challenge.
I swirl the milk into my Thai iced tea, Bright orange leaks down to swallow translucence. I don't remember who I used to be.
By Harbor Cecille3 years ago in Poets
For the Birds. Second Place in Villanelle Challenge.
I won’t be fooled by cunning counterfeit In a market of lovers selling stock, If it’s not from you, the birds can have it.
By D.K. Shepard3 years ago in Poets
Peel Back My Layers. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.
Peel back the layers of my fire-blistered skin — Religiously anatomize my body and mind; There, you will find both virtue and sin.
By j.e.ridpath3 years ago in Poets
Broken. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.
I did not want to reach this part, To watch you turn your gaze away, Where nothing soothes my fractured heart. * You sought to see me at the start,
By Hannah Moore3 years ago in Poets
On Hooves of Frost. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.
In dawn's embrace, on hooves of frost, we ride. Through winter's breath, where silver branches gleam, A dance with shadows on the snow-clad tide.
By Amanda Alexander3 years ago in Poets
Burning Trees. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.
Do not speak to me of birds and bees, For there's no value found in life, I see not woods for burning trees. * I walk among you as disease,
By J.P. Williamson3 years ago in Poets
And yet.... Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.
The cataclysmic shudder of fate’s wings Sets forth the course to launch my virgin flight Yet still—the firetail finches sing of spring
By Paris Rosemont3 years ago in Poets
Dance of Absolution. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.
"Yes." I inhale. "You are quite right." My golden embers burn into the sketchy dusk and fade away. "It is much easier to lose yourself at night."
By Caroline Jane3 years ago in Poets
I Will Not Go Gently. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.
I will not go gently into the night, But rather walk along the path of day, So gladly step through sun's increasing light.
By Natalie Wilkinson3 years ago in Poets
Hospice in November. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.
Each darkening day, each deepening night: trees gone bare on the oldest hill. we're not quite ready to lose the light. *
By Dane BH3 years ago in Poets
You and Me and Vocal, 2023. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.
We gave the best of us, for all to see. In poem and prose, we bared our writers' souls, And penned our way through twenty twenty-three.
By Dana Crandell3 years ago in Poets
Retrospect. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.
I did not think my life would be this way- my childhood self had many different dreams. My yesterday is nothing like today.
By Penny Fuller3 years ago in Poets
Swimming Against the Tide. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.
We cannot save the sea— but perhaps oceans might start to heal without humanity. * Pollution spreads dreadfully, ice caps melt daily. Often, I feel
By Alison McBain3 years ago in Poets
Song of the Atlas Moth. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.
Wings of geometric lattice rest in perfect arc upon cocoon. Long forgotten in the dark of nature’s attic, this little atlas moth shall soon embark upon the moon.
By Gina C.3 years ago in Poets
P a r s e c s. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.
Remove that scarred blanket covered with regret and bathe in light of a distant, blazing star. The speed of love is radiant, never forget.
By Lamar Wiggins3 years ago in Poets
Out Cast. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.
suppose unbelonging had a color a wrongful grayish hue with half the value night falls under: . dark dim horizoned star in wonder
By Morgana3 years ago in Poets
at length evening comes. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.
Where landscape steals from steel-cold, frozen, cloud, A smoky glen, with gentle, noble sheep; I greet the dead with nods and smiles, aloud.
By Conor Darrall3 years ago in Poets

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For the Birds. Second Place in Villanelle Challenge.

Peel Back My Layers. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.

Broken. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.

On Hooves of Frost. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.

Burning Trees. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.

And yet.... Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.

Dance of Absolution. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.

I Will Not Go Gently. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.

Hospice in November. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.

You and Me and Vocal, 2023. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.

Retrospect. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.

Swimming Against the Tide. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.

Song of the Atlas Moth. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.

P a r s e c s. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.

Out Cast. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.

at length evening comes. Runner-Up in Villanelle Challenge.

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Who I Used to Be. First Place in Villanelle Challenge.