wrote this yesterday. first poem in form since age 13. first villanelle ever.
Villanelle for a persistent daybreak in December
A soft and silver silence begs to stay.
The rustle of a cloak is faintly heard.
Emerging from the fog: a radiant ray.
Illuminated now: the disarray
of hurried, glittering, creatures, slightly blurred.
A soft and silver silence begs to stay.
A woman warm and whistling winds her way,
through fallen leaves and snow and whispered word.
Emerging from the fog: a radiant ray.
The misty milky morning melts away,
Sun streams and screams resistance is absurd
A soft and silver silence begs to stay.
A silent smoking someone seems to sway
In solace like a leper somehow cured.
Emerging from the fog: a radiant ray.
A woken world once molded out of clay
Unfolding, fluttering like a baby bird
A soft and silver silence begs to stay -
Emerging from the fog: a radiant ray.
12/16/06
A soft and silver silence begs to stay.
The rustle of a cloak is faintly heard.
Emerging from the fog: a radiant ray.
Illuminated now: the disarray
of hurried, glittering, creatures, slightly blurred.
A soft and silver silence begs to stay.
A woman warm and whistling winds her way,
through fallen leaves and snow and whispered word.
Emerging from the fog: a radiant ray.
The misty milky morning melts away,
Sun streams and screams resistance is absurd
A soft and silver silence begs to stay.
A silent smoking someone seems to sway
In solace like a leper somehow cured.
Emerging from the fog: a radiant ray.
A woken world once molded out of clay
Unfolding, fluttering like a baby bird
A soft and silver silence begs to stay -
Emerging from the fog: a radiant ray.
12/16/06