Stine Writing and Miniatures

W3 Prompt #87: Wea’ve Written Weekly

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W3 Prompt #87: Wea’ve Written Weekly
https://skepticskaddish.com/2023/12/27/w3-prompt-87-weave-written-weekly/

Lorraine’s prompt guidelines

  • Form (required): Villanelle;
  • Theme (suggested): The cycle of life & death

Being True

Be true to yourself each day
Live only your best life now
True honesty and love this way

No matter what you might say
Just smile and take a bow
Be true to yourself each day

Accept it all that may
Don’t worry or have a cow
True honesty and love this way

Encompass the sun and each ray
Like a piglet suckling a sow
Be true to yourself each day

If necessary you can pray
Through the snow and the ice just plow
True honesty and love this way

Build your life’s work like clay
Loving all you allow
Be true to yourself each day
True honesty and love this way

©2023 CBialczak

A villanelle is a nineteen-line poetic form consisting of five tercets followed by a quatrain. There are two refrains and two repeating rhymes, with the first and third lines of the first tercet repeated alternately at the end of each subsequent stanza until the last stanza, which includes both repeated lines:

  • Rhyme scheme: AbA’ abA abA’ abA abA’ abAA’;
    • The 1st line (A) and 3rd line (A’), which are the refrains, are repeated four times each;
      • A appears at the end of stanzas 2 and 4 and as the second-to-last line in stanza 6;
      • A’ appears again at the end of stanzas 3, 5, and 6.

22 comments

  6. Christine,

    Your villanelle is like a refreshing breeze of positivity! The way you advocate for authenticity and love shines through each line. It’s a beautiful reminder to stay true to ourselves and embrace life with honesty. I love the uplifting vibes in your verses.

    ~David

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