Challenge
Write a Villanelle, My Genius Poets!
The villanelle is a French verse form consisting of five three-line stanzas and a final quatrain, with the first and third lines of the first stanza repeating alternately in the following stanzas. These two refrain lines from the final couplet in the quatrain. Here's what that looks like (letters for rhyme scheme, numbers mean a line repeats):
A1 B A2//A B A1//A B A2//A B A1//A B A1 A2
No theme, no prompt other than make it great.
For examples of villanelles, please enjoy:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44976/the-house-on-the-hill
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/150043/letter-to-my-blackout
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47536/one-art
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For Calvin
I found my prince on our first date.
You made me feel that you would be
A husband always worth the wait.
You brought our dog's new mate,
A pup, into our home, I could see
I found my prince on our first date.
Our tiny place, a grand estate
Seen with eyes as you see me
A husband always worth the wait.
Clouds grew dark, and life a weight,
Then I'd for you and you'd for me.
I found my prince on our first date.
When sticky grief would not abate,
Safe in your arms I'd long to be,
A husband always worth the wait.
A pup put spring back in my gait,
At last, anew a family;
I found my prince on our first date.
I thank the stars for my bad fate
It brought me you and made us we
I found my prince on our first date,
A husband always worth the wait.