Well, spit.<\/p>\n
V is for Vince Gotera<\/a>, who is probably laughing his butt off at how the universe has conspired against me, today. We all know, by now, that today is Day 24 – but also “V” – and Day 23’s prompts had me stubbornly dragging my feet. Write a villanelle? Grrr. You first. Fine. Fine. And lots of other F-words. You can read my feelings about the form, and my earlier attempts at it, in Villanelle the Vote!<\/a> If you are unfamiliar with the “rules” of the villanelle, Vince helpfully posted the following:<\/p>\n Maureen Thorson\u2019s\u00a0NaPoWriMo<\/a>\u00a0prompt: \u201cTry your hand today at your own take on a villanelle, and have the poem end on a question.\u201d Here’s a great page on the villanelle:\u00a0https:\/\/poets.org\/glossary\/villanelle<\/a><\/p>\n Robert Lee Brewer\u2019s\u00a0Poem-a-Day<\/a> suggestion: \u201cFor today’s prompt, write a juxtaposition poem.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Now go read these fine examples by Vince Gotera and Thomas Alan Holmes<\/a>. I read Alan’s in the same tone of voice I muttered while writing mine.<\/p>\n Other National Poetry Month Posts<\/span><\/p>\n Do you think my determination to write a poem in a form I can’t stand (I mean, let’s get real, I’d rather write a sestina<\/em>) manages to encompass the idea of “juxtaposition,” too?<\/p>\n Want to try your hand at it? I’d love to see your villanelles – please post them, or links to them, here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So, Holly, tell us how you really feel about the villanelle…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137991112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_has_post_settings":{"highlight_sharing":"default","image_sharing":"default","headline_sharing":"default"},"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7],"tags":[2717,2716,2788,2787,2779,2725,2772,2792,2728],"hashtags":[],"class_list":["post-137991043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-a2zchallenge","tag-atozchallenge","tag-pad","tag-poem-a-day","tag-poems","tag-poetry","tag-poetry-prompts","tag-poets-northwest","tag-stafford-challenge"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-02 08:34:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137991043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137991043"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137991043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137991116,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137991043\/revisions\/137991116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137991112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137991043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137991043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137991043"},{"taxonomy":"hashtags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jahangiri.us\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtags?post=137991043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Villainous Villanelle II<\/h2>\n
Some forms of rhyme and meter I would ban - \r\nthe evil villanelle, of course, is one.\r\nI only write one now to prove I can.\r\n\r\nRepeating lines and rhymes - can I enjamb\r\nthis one to fit, around the line to run?\r\nThe villanelle? I never was a fan.\r\n\r\nI fantasize: Were I a laureled man,\r\nI'd take this form and yeet it to the sun.\r\nI only write one now to prove I can.\r\n\r\nThe critic reads this thing and says, \"Madame,\r\nTo end its misery would take a gun.\"\r\nThe villanelle? I never was a fan.\r\n\r\nI think of running, going on the lam \u2014\r\nI'd give it up, and yet it isn't done.\r\nI only write one now to prove I can.\r\n\r\nI toss my pen across the room, yell, \"BAM!\"\r\nI'm finished now. This wasn't fun.\r\nThe villanelle? I never was a fan.\r\nI only write one now to prove I can.<\/pre>\n
\nYour Turn!<\/h2>\n