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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My First Born
Nine months of glory.
I couldn't wait to see your face.
Explains the journey of this story.
A love placed in any category.
You moving in me at slow pace.
Nine months of glory.
Morning sickness now gory,
a hunger without a trace.
Explains the journey of this story.
Calling you a unisex name Tori,
will sing out in this place.
Nine months of glory.
You will make history,
with a smile of purity and grace.
Explains the journey of this story.
Elevated feet with Maury.
A bladder kick is always the case.
Nine months of glory,
Explains the journey of this story.