Running off This Tuesday Drain

Drowning in my own refrain
I can't shake it haunting me
Running off this Tuesday drain

Chin held high total feign

Right left jab smartly

Drowning in my own refrain

Pounding treadmills burning reign
Holding onto the lock box key
Running off this Tuesday drain

Racing round my own chicane
Limb and organ form chassis
Drowning in my own refrain

Finding solace in the pain
Tears and sweat bead salty
Running off this Tuesday drain

Fists extended made neuvieme
I am made maraging
Drowning in my own refrain
Running off this Tuesday drain

© 2011 by Tammy Newman. All rights reserved


My second attempt at a Villanelle for One Stop Poetry. Also tossing my hat into the Potluck poetry at Jingle Poetry.

Villanelle First Attempt

Writers block for this refrain

Learn about form Villanelle

Time to write a second  refrain

A line to rhyme with each refrain

A line to rhyme with villanelle

Writers block for this refrain

Digging deep creativity reign

Writing stanzas not very well

Time to write a second refrain

Can you tell a work by name?

A title of an evil belle

Writers block for this refrain

Practice is the perfect feign

Line by line this villanelle

Writers block for this refrain

Time to write a second refrain

Learning about a form called Villanelle. It's suppose to be rhythmic, which admittedly does get lost when you repeat the exact word instead of rhyming it. To learn more about the form, check it out on One Stop Poetry.