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 Rotten Thing
There is a rotten thing
That lies at the bottom of the hill
And inside I hear them sing
There is an old man
Who listens to the birds
They have big wing spans
The thing is a shed
A wooden church so unholy
Within it is only one bed
There is a rotting thing
That lies in that bed
And I don’t know what it brings
The old man breathes his last
Flinching from his lungs
What was present is now past
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