It's Still Life

A Case for Spring (Villanelle)

Has gone, be gone,
I said,
this weather’s all wrong.

Winter’s too long,
its wet months spread.
Has gone. Be gone

with a blackbird’s song.
Unsung. Unsaid.
This weather’s all wrong.

The wind’s too strong
for March has fled,
has gone. Be gone

Rain. Rain, all nightlong.
Falling silk, like thread,
this weather’s all wrong.

Spring’s a singsong.
In mud. In mire tread.
Has gone, be gone,
this weather’s all wrong

A Villanelle for Gnomes Day 3, and for AprPAD Day 4 “Case (include in the title)”, and NaPoWriMo Day 4 Abstract to Concrete – I chose “soggy” weather. Villanelle form: A1 b A2 / a b A1 / a b A2 / a b A1 / a b A2 / a b A1 A2.

It’s National Poetry Write Month, which explains the surge in activity. I’m following three different sites generating daily prompts. Writers’ Digest Poetic Asides, the National Poetry Writing Month website (NaPoWriMo) and my old friend, Walt, over at Gnomes. All of these pieces are drafts.