CHERISHING THE LEGACY — A “Friday Fling” Villanelle
CHERISHING THE LEGACY
We cherish the legacy of those who have come before,
their example a shining light that continues to guide our way,
as we pay tribute to their memory from the depth of our core.
After giving so much, they continued to give even more
with no thought at all to any honor or pay,
we cherish the legacy of those who have come before.
They’ve lifted up our spirits and once again made them soar
and given so much beyond without keeping score
as we pay tribute to their memory from the depth of our core.
And as these heroes have taught us what courage stands for,
these few words on a page are small thanks to convey.
We cherish the legacy of those who have come before.
As they gave so selflessly, we remember them once more
and on this day within our hearts they will always stay
as we pay tribute to their memory from the depth of our core.
All they’ve done for us we certainly can’t ignore;
it’s the very least we can do to thank them in this way.
We cherish the legacy of those who have come before
as we pay tribute to their memory from the depth of our core.
(c) barbara kausteklis 8-24-12
Written for the CPC “Friday Fling”/
“The Friday Fling Writes Its Way To Villanellaville.”
http://www.friendburst.com/blog/94848/friday-fling-writes-villanellaville/
Thanks so much for your visits and precious comments.
And as I so rarely even attempt these forms,
thanks also to Bob and Michelle at the “Friday Fling”
for encouraging us every week to try
the various featured “Friday Fling” forms.
Big Hugs.
~barb~
Link to previous piece posted:
A CHILD OF ALL THE SEASONS
http://http://www.friendburst.com/blog/95194/child-seasons-simple-sunday-piece/
THE VILLANELLE FORMAT
According to ShadowPoetry.com,
“A Villanelle is a nineteen-line poem consisting of a very specific rhyming scheme: aba aba aba aba aba abaa.
The first and the third lines in the first stanza are repeated in alternating order throughout the poem, and appear together in the last couplet (last two lines).”
And from Poets.org
“The highly structured villanelle is a nineteen-line poem with two repeating rhymes and two refrains. The form is made up of five tercets followed by a quatrain. The first and third lines of the opening tercet are repeated alternately in the last lines of the succeeding stanzas; then in the final stanza, the refrain serves as the poem’s two concluding lines. Using capitals for the refrains and lowercase letters for the rhymes, the form could be expressed as: A1 b A2 / a b A1 / a b A2 / a b A1 / a b A2 / a b A1 A2.”
In fact, I always have to make a template for myself.
This is a great poem Barbara, I never learned to do the forms other than Haiku. I really like just writing free style. I applaud those anyone who does write in the forms though. I like simple…LOL
i was never much for forms you did a fine job barbara i try to consider poetry more as fun less as a work,, but work of art here lov and hugs inky
Wonderfully done…these different forms are always fun to try! 🙂 :love: :love: :love: