Challenge
The return of the villainous villanelle
Oh yes, try, try with all your might to write a villanelle. As you are no doubt aware, this is the very strictest of strict poetic forms, fit to plague the most obsessive minds for all eternity. Have fun! but remember, "do not go gentle into that good night."...
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Painted in Red
For the girl was painted in Red
Upon a strong backing of white
As though the artist had bled
The picture that came from his head
Was of a lonely and grieving sight
For the girl was painted in Red
The girl had no pain she could shed
As though nothing could make it right
As though the artist had bled
And onto the bright canvas instead
Was the forewarning of a blight
For the girl was painted in Red
As if in memory of someone who had fled
From an embrace that was all too tight
As though the artist had bled
As though the thought sprung him from bed
And with his grief and pain he had to fight
For the girl was painted in red
As though the artist had bled