What Gentleman Would Speak With Stones (A Villanelle)
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What Gentleman Would Speak With Stones (A Villanelle)
What Gentleman Would Speak With Stones
What gentleman would speak with stones
Dead voices litter earthen mounds
Beneath them lie my lover's bones
Inside her casket she intones
My name is her repeated sound
What gentleman would speak with stones
Or come here seeking the unknown
To spread red roses all around
Beneath them lie my lover's bones
Yes some forget what death bemoans
And they exist on what they've found
What gentleman would speak with stones
I hear the trees whose branches groan
Beside me as I stand earthbound
Beneath them lie my lover's bones
As night approachs I'll atone
Leaving my tears upon this ground
What gentleman would speak with stones
Beneath them lie my lover's bones
What gentleman would speak with stones
Dead voices litter earthen mounds
Beneath them lie my lover's bones
Inside her casket she intones
My name is her repeated sound
What gentleman would speak with stones
Or come here seeking the unknown
To spread red roses all around
Beneath them lie my lover's bones
Yes some forget what death bemoans
And they exist on what they've found
What gentleman would speak with stones
I hear the trees whose branches groan
Beside me as I stand earthbound
Beneath them lie my lover's bones
As night approachs I'll atone
Leaving my tears upon this ground
What gentleman would speak with stones
Beneath them lie my lover's bones
Last edited by bags123 on Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:37 am, edited 1 time in total.
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i agree with Gilly.
i really enjoyed reading this.. i'm not always a fan of the villanelle... it's sort of hit-or-miss with me... but this one was definitely a good one. :) well done, bags.
i really enjoyed reading this.. i'm not always a fan of the villanelle... it's sort of hit-or-miss with me... but this one was definitely a good one. :) well done, bags.
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I can't believe I haven't read this before now. This is really well done Bags ... Excellent stuff !
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