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Villanelle by Mail


God made music 

so you and I could poorly play the same guitar. 

What if I never get to miss you again?


Wooden benches, manicures, cappuccinos,

prescription glasses, lilies are for everyone but

God made music


for me to miss you better.  

I think God made stoves for you to cook and eyes for me to watch 

in case I never get to miss you again,   


in case I don’t recognize days shorter than these.

God made clay months to harden and my yogurt to expire and 

God made music


so you could hear me clearer.

God made you practical and me a writer so I could irritate you, asking

what if I never get to miss you again


as though I love to miss you 

(I love to miss you). God must have missed someone 

when making music.

What if He never lets me miss you again?




Here are the lilies that filled my room with pollen the other week.


This is a poem I wrote for my poetry class in a form I find really intriguing--the villanelle. The form goes against my instinct to tell a story because, by nature of its repetition, it demands that I keep returning to the same point. Therefore I chose a theme I thought aligned with the form, and ideas that I find so true I want to repeat them many, many times :)


1 Comment


rosannamweber71
Oct 10, 2024

Interesting form. Lovely poem ❤️ by a lovely young lady .

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