Villanelle Samples
One Art —Elizabeth Bishop The
art of losing isn’t hard
to master; Lose something every day. Accept
the fluster Then practice losing farther, losing
faster: I lost my mother’s watch. And
look! my last, or I lost two cities, lovely ones. And,
vaster, --Even losing you (the joking voice,
a gesture |
Women in Love —Donald Justice It always
comes, and when it comes they know. Their limbs are charmed; they cannot
stay or go. Their choice of hells would be the
one they know. The wind carries them where they
want to go. |
The More You Have to Lose —David Lehman Time
flies, and a year can go by in a day. You know the feeling, having no
money, having to stay When my father turned into my son,
as in a play, The less you believe. The
more you wish you could pray. With an elbow on the counter, and
no passions left to sway, Ocean, what is on the other side
of all that blue and gray? |
First Offense —David Lehman I'm
sorry, officer, I didn't see the sign Will the tumor turn out malignant
or benign? Not every madman is an agent of
the divine. Which is worse, the rush or the
wait? The line I'm cold sober. All I had
was one glass of wine. Will we make our excuses like so
many clever lines,
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