Challenge
Write a Villanelle
A villanelle is a nineteen-line poem with two repeating rhymes and two refrains. The form is made up of five tercets followed by a quatrain. The first and third lines of the opening tercet are repeated alternately in the last lines of the succeeding stanzas; then in the final stanza, the refrain serves as the poem’s two concluding lines. (Ex. Dylan Thomas's "Do not go gentle into that goodnight")
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For Love of You
For love of you, I embrace my tears
Unwilling dead to give life its start
In a world gone dark by senseless fears
Waters turbulent, emotion sheers
Flight! Away my biased dreams do dart
For love of you, I embrace my tears
Disquiet trembles toward unknown years
On broken spirit, your will impart
In a world gone dark by senseless fears
Foolish shroud obscures God-given cheers
Now blessed with your mighty soulful art
For love of you, I embrace my tears
Strong one, innocent, slighted by peers
My life, now yours, a new path does chart
In a world gone dark by senseless fears
Your way, now mine, precious future clears
Imperfect perfection fills my heart
For love of you, I embrace my tears
In a world gone dark by senseless fears