Flash Fiction & Poetry Day 10: Villanelle "Do I wander through a dream"

Hey, everyone.

Today's day 10 of my daily writing challenge, and I'm writing this nice and early in the morning, so I am unblemished by the disappointments of the day. This will be pure me. I also want to remind you all that my play The Passion of Gloucester and Sinead is still available for free download. You can get it here.

Wheel of Genres, turn, turn, turn! Tell me the genre I will discern!





Today's topic is... Poetry--Villanelle. Hm, maybe I should make three wheels. This is a little ridiculous.

Anyway, thirty minutes on the clock: 30:00. And... go!

Do I wander through a dream
Whither I go in awe?
Nothing is as it seems.

What could be my brain's scheme?
Whence images doth it draw?
Do I wander through a dream?

I cannot discern the theme
That bestows this odd flaw;
Nothing is as it seems.

My mind doth shine with a strange gleam
As if from ice it thaws.
Do I wander through a dream?

I am caught up in a stream
Of thought and emotion raw.
Nothing is as it seems.

'Pon these wonders what do I deem
So 'pon me my mind doth not gnaw?
Do I wander through a dream?
Nothing is as it seems.

Stop the clock! I have 16 minutes left. Not bad, I guess. As you can tell, later in the poem I started experimenting with line length. I didn't think it was going to work, but it came out all right. I'll have to remember to experiment with other line lengths as I go from here.

But anyway, that's it for today. If you want to use the wheel I made, you should be able to access it here, but I think starting tomorrow I'm going to start using three wheels. And if you have the time, please check out my books for sale on Amazon which you can find through my author page. The link is below. See you tomorrow.

Keep writing, my friends.

More About Bryan C. Laesch:
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Flash Stories & Poetry Day 4: Villanelle "Why must I be plagued like this"

Hey, everyone.

I forgot to tell this audience that I recently, actually a month ago, published two novels: Remnants of Chaos: Chaotic Omens and Heroes of Majestia: The Company of Flight. You can buy ROCCO here and HOMCOF here.

Today's the fourth day of my writing challenge. And unfortunately, I'm having a bad day. So, I don't know if what I'm going to write is going to be pissy or melancholic, but let's find out.

Wheel of Genres, turn, turn, turn! Tell me the genre I will discern!





Today's topic is... Poetry--Villanelle. Oh, boy. Looking at the description from Wikipedia, this will be quite a poem. Apparently a villanelle is a "nineteen-line poetic form consisting of five tercets followed by a quatrain. There are two refrains and two repeating rhymes, with the first and third line of the first tercet repeated alternately until the last stanza, which includes both repeated lines." Basically, this is the rhyme scheme: A¹bA² abA¹ abA² abA¹ abA² abA¹A² . And perhaps the most famous villanelle, "Do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas, has only ten syllables per line. I don't think that's a requirement, but those two lines are supposed to be refrains, syllables likely matter. Okie-dokie...

Thirty minutes on the clock: 30:00. And... go.

Why must I be plagued like this
To suffer and lose my time
Which steals from me my dear bliss?

I am ravaged by the abyss
And suffer a wretched crime.
Why must I be plagued like this?

To the days I give a-miss
And lose my deserved dimes
Which steals from me my dear bliss.

All I desire is a kiss
From a lucky bell's clear chime.
Why must I be plagued like this?

'Stead I am cursed with a hiss
To lose the virtue of my prime
Which steals from me my dear bliss.

Oh! Lo, I am in the pits
Where naught lies but a foul grime!
Why must I be plagued like this
Which steals from me my dear bliss?

And stop the clock! Almost 11 minutes left to go. I really thought that was going to be more difficult, and it was at first, but I pulled it out. Although, I wouldn't say this is a good villanelle. It's workable and might be able to be turned into something good, but for my daily writing challenge, it works. And I probably chose two of the most annoying rhymes to hear. But I confess that I choose them because I had so many words to choose from.

But anyway, that's it for today. If you want to use the wheel I made, you should be able to access it here. And if you have the time, please check out my books for sale on Amazon which you can find through my author page. The link is below. See you tomorrow.

Keep writing, my friends.

More About Bryan C. Laesch:
Amazon: My Author Page, My Influencer Page
Facebook: Bryan C. Laesch, Bawdy Scholar
Patreon: Bryan C. Laesch
Twitter: BryanofallTrade
Youtube: Bryan C. Laesch, Bawdy Scholar