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.
Young Dreamer
A young girl hopes to find her prince one day
Someone to hold her, to save her
Oh to be a child again, to dream and to play
Dreams are for sleeping some might say
But there must be something deeper
Something more than living day by day
In that silent, empty bed you lay
Oh the curse of a faithless sleeper
The dreams you weave continue to fray
On painful nights you begin to pray
Begging God to bring the reaper
Pleading with the sky to bring you a sunray
The hopeful reveries of a babe
Before her heart grows cheaper
Sweet dreams before the day
When the sun come up and she may
Hope her dreams would go away
Dreams of which she is not the keeper
What a cruel game innocence plays
