I wanted to improve my poetry
So I tried to write a villanelle
I thought it would be easy
The first stanza went quite well
But I slowly began to see
It was difficult to foretell
How successful I might be
Whether I could really excel
Or was this form beyond me?
I knew I could construct the shell
Of any poem visually
But the themes would just unravel
Without the missing key
To unlock inspiration’s cell
And set my trapped muse free
And I tried my best to quell
This most poetic villainy
But it’s time to sound this poem’s knell
And the villanelle can go to Hell
James Proclaims! 
18 responses to “A Villanelle About Trying To Write A Villanelle”
lol. That was pretty good. I’m not going to try it in the comments section. Good job.
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It is slightly more challenging than a haiku but I think you could give it a go
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Well, I do enjoy learning about the many, many types of poems there are. I’ve done some different ones. Perhaps as a post in the near-ish future…
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A poem about villanelle, I just could not believe.
But I had a little chuckle, it’s not the one from Killing Eve!
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Although it’s very much a show I know I’d love, I haven’t actually seen it yet so I had no idea I was channeling pop culture
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Yep, it’s quatrains or no trains for me.
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A sensible policy
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I don’t want you to get obsessed about this form. Promise?
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I’m guessing this another’Killing Eve’ reference. I must get round to watching it
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Never seen it!
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I don’t know what a villanelle is, but now I know where it belongs.
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I’m glad I cleared that up for you
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[…] like the way they sound and feel. One I recalled after it recently was featured on James Proclaims, the Villanelle. It’s one I don’t have memorized and had to go do some looking up, which I liked doing. […]
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I can totally see Cyrano De Bergerac killing someone while reciting that…
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That’s very much the mood I was going for
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You’re getting pretty darn fancy, James. I don’t know what to think of what’s happening here.
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Probably best not to overthink it. The reality could only disappoint
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[…] or even a limerick. As I mentioned on Tuesday James of the world-renowned James Proclaims did a Villanelle as one of his filler pieces instead of a Haiku and the form fascinated me. I am working on it but […]
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