- Non-Erotic Poetry
- Journey
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A cold road we've come down on, and a far
While chasing an alluring, distant flame
To find that we've pursued a dying star.
We left, and didn't leave the door ajar
Because we thought we'd surely reach our aim –
A cold road we've come down on, and a far.
It's long ago that we met at the bar
And tossed the dice – we both have lost the game
While trying to pursue a dying star.
And now and then this thought our days will mar:
What if we only have ourselves to blame?
A cold road we've come down on, and a far,
And on our hearts we've got the selfsame scar
As all those other wanderers who came
To find that they'd pursued a dying star –
Unhappy and uncertain though we are,
We have to keep on going, all the same:
A cold road we've come down on, and a far
And yet we will pursue a dying star.
- COMMENTS
twelveooneabout 11 years agowonder of wonders, never thought i'd see a villanelle i like. didn't even realize it was one at first, when you do that, that is higher order poetry!
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SweetOblivionabout 11 years agoYou may want to rethink some of the repeated lines as the power of this form often comes from the magnetic, drawing in through the repetition - see Dylan Thomas - do not go gentle for the classic example of the power of the form.
