The heart knows what it needs ... (Form: Villanelle) |
A Deserted Heart A heart deserted seeks a gleam, a lambent promise in the night, when hope seems just a fading dream. Joyful images can’t redeem my soul from loneliness’s blight. A heart deserted seeks a gleam. Chained in the darkness, I blaspheme; I curse the veil that blinds my sight when hope seems just a fading dream. As spirits deep within me scheme forgotten memories ignite. A heart deserted seeks a gleam Shedding shackles raises esteem as new horizons blossom bright when hope seems just a fading dream Defeating lost hope’s silent scream, now comes within a guiding light. A heart deserted seeks a gleam when hope seems just a fading dream. An entry for "Adaptive Writers Contest " Line Limit: 30 Line Count: 22 Form: Villanelle A Villanelle is a nineteen-line poem consisting of a very specific rhyming scheme: A1 b A2 / a b A1 / a b A2 / a b A1 / a b A2 / a b A1 A2. The first and the third lines in the first stanza are repeated in alternating order [as the third line of each stanza] throughout the poem, and appear together in the last couplet (last two lines). The villanelle has no established meter, although most nineteenth-century villanelles have used trimeter or tetrameter and most twentieth-century villanelles use pentameter. lambent (lam*bent) - softly bright or radiant |