I needed 19 lines of poetry (well, pseudo-poetry in my case), so what better way than to compose a villanelle? The link will take you to a real one.
Memento mori for English flags
These tattered remnants of a fiesta
Free now from their life of noise:
A symphony of polyester
Fallen on the streets to fester,
Nothing more than broken toys,
These tattered remnants of a fiesta.
How they have the nerve to pester
And flutter along the road in convoys,
A symphony of polyester.
Tarmac graveyards beg to sequester
Red and white tributes to ‘our boys’ -
These tattered remnants of a fiesta
Wear the livery of a jester.
Witness how this team deploys
A symphony of polyester.
It’s time now for the long siesta.
No longer are they brave envoys,
These tattered remnants of a fiesta,
A symphony of polyester.
About Me
- Poodle
- I've been learning German for some time. You will notice this by the quality (or lack thereof) of German in my CyberDeutsch blog. The PoodleParlour and German blogs are old. Sorry about that.
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2 comments:
Do you know what? I think your poetry is very good and I'll be interested to know how you do on this TMA - now I know what was wrong with my poetry I can see what is right with other peoples!
Gosh, thanks! I have to say that I was as uninspired by the BRB as most so I didn't spend too much time on it all until the end. I looked up the model for the villanelle in Stephen Fry's 'The Ode Less Travelled'. I'm working on a sestina now, although I'm not sure how that's going to turn out! Thanks for dropping by - I haven't attached details of this blog to my emails or posts yet because there is so little here!
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