Thursday Poetry Form Week 36 on Villanelle (by Jack Edwards)

Villanelle (A Direct Quotation from Poetry and Other Writing)

 A villanelle is a poetry form requiring a number of refrains and a particular rhyme scheme. For detailed information of the structure,  visit below link to see how it works"

http://jackedwardspoetry.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/villanelle.html


To A Sunrise Which Sets the World Alight

To a sunrise which sets the world alight,
I awake and begin my journey home
While under crimson sky the fields ignite.

From behind the hills, hot tendrils of light
Lash out at the fields so they bow alone
To a sunrise which sets the world alight.

The cool evening's frost cannot hope to fight
But instead melts as farmers work the loam,
While under crimson sky the fields ignite.

In a world mid-change, I maintain my right
So I amble, dawdle, ramble and roam
To sunrise which sets the world alight.

The low, glaring orb blasts the world so bright.
Damp grass shines and puddles glisten like chrome,
While under crimson sky the fields ignite.

When amber dawn releases this new day's might
I see the fall of the night I had known,
To a sunrise which sets the world a light
While under crimson sky the fields ignite.

                                                   Copyright Jack Edwards 2012

To read more Jack Edwards poetry, visit his blog link or the particular post below:

http://jackedwardspoetry.blogspot.com/2012/04/v-villanelle-to-sunrise-which-sets.html