Crowdsourced poetry

Aug 01, 2012 20:19

What sorts of things should be done festina lente ("by making haste slowly")? I have it in mind to write something with that title, but my original concept is just not working out for me.

I'm equally of a mind to write it as a villanelle or some equally obstreperous form (NOT A SESTINA AAAARGH). I think villanelle would be the best, with its plodding repetition. (Why do I do these things to myself? Whyyyy?)

In return for your help, have a villanelle I just discovered: "If I could tell you," W.H. Auden.

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