Villanelles are easy to conceptualize, but, in my opinion anyway, really hard to make work. The rhymes can get tedious. This one is probably my most successful to date. I read it after a few weeks and I still actually like it.
I just published a new sonnet, "To Her Well-endowed Lover." This one took too long, but I wanted it just right. I think it turned out even better than I imagined. In other news, I am taking a short break from the BTM series in order to work on a few other things. I am going to...