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.
The House the Weeds Remember
The windows watch with eyes of shattered glass,
Each room still whispers names in broken tone.
This house remembers all that came to pass.
Its paint is peeled like time too long amassed,
Its porch still creaks though now it stands alone.
The windows watch with eyes of shattered glass.
A swing sways slowly in the tangled grass,
A ghost of laughter etched in weathered stone.
This house remembers all that came to pass.
The doors hang loose, the locks no longer fast,
Yet silence holds a presence all its own.
The windows watch with eyes of shattered glass.
The photo frames lie buried in the past,
The roof caves in where once warm light had shone.
This house remembers all that came to pass.
Though vines may claim it, creeping up en masse,
The bones remain, though skin and soul have flown.
The windows watch with eyes of shattered glass—
This house remembers all that came to pass.