A villanelle is a 19-line poem with a strict form: five three-line stanzas (tercets) followed by a four-line stanza (quatrain). It uses two refrains—the first and third lines of the first stanza—which repeat alternately at the end of each tercet and together form the final two lines of the poem.
Selections
More than two ways to skin this old cat,
forget status quo when making your choice,
history, logic and common sense is where it’s at.
Belligerent old guard issued the dictat,
chanting instructions with strident voice,
history, logic and common sense is where it’s at.
A system accepted like the bowler hat,
commoners happy to pay the invoice,
more than two ways to skin this old cat.
Able women know relevant chat,
their emotional knowledge we rejoice,
more than two ways to skin this old cat,
External forces direct the run of the rat,
apathy being a passive rejoice,
history, logic and common sense is where it’s at.
You my children should stop the copycat,
stamp your will on the episodic choice,
more than two ways to skin this old cat,
history, logic and common sense is where it’s at.
©David L Atkinson November 2024
God Bless
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