POEM STARTER
Write a villanelle about something that has been abandoned.
The villanelle is a type of poem characterised by its repeating lines and ABA rhyme scheme which create a lyrical effect. There are a number of other rules for a full villanelle if you wish to incorporate them.
A Shell
My body a shell, empty and alone.
I wish that I could remain strong.
I long to live free and have a home.
I once had somewhere I could roam.
But now that’s gone.
My body a shell, empty and alone.
They say all I did was moan.
That who I was is wrong.
I long to live free and have a home.
My only friend is my phone.
In my heart was once a song.
My body a shell, empty and alone.
I was loved less than their garden gnome.
Parents no longer there, my family gone.
I long to live free and have a home.
On the streets abandoned, forever to roam.
Forever to think I’m something wrong.
My body a shell, empty and alone.
I long to live free and have a home.
