Shadows Strain (attempt at a villanelle)

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Open Poetry #31

Shadows Strain (attempt at a villanelle)

steavenr
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since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

0 posted 2004-02-12 01:49 AM

In stillness of the moonlit night,
The moment moves in minute scale
As shadows strain their souls’ delight.

Heavens store the plundered plight
As moon spears cast their timely pale
In stillness of the moonlit night

As shivered cold from lucid flight
When shafts of quivers do assail
As shadows strain their souls’ delight.

The orbs of nocturne’s eyes alight
To cast the grays of cloudless shale
In stillness of the moonlit night.

When love is strained through mettle bright,
Hearts are shaded soft in promised veil
As shadows strain their souls’ delight.

Bequeath yon lovers there in silked moonlight
The ecstasy of hope that doth prevail
In stillness of the moonlit night
As shadows strain their souls’ delight.

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

1 posted 2004-02-12 01:52 AM

Steavner -- you are braver than me, indeed. One of the days, I might try it but it seems difficult to write villanelle. I enjoyed this!

steavenr
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since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

2 posted 2004-02-12 01:58 AM

iliana...yeah...I've been shying away from this format forever...but I got to thinking...if I write just 2 lines, I will have 10 done...and I was just lazy enough to go from there