{"id":74317,"date":"2011-12-08T21:00:42","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T02:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/74317\/friday-fling-writing-villanelleville\/"},"modified":"2011-12-08T21:00:42","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T02:00:42","slug":"friday-fling-writing-villanelleville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/74317\/friday-fling-writing-villanelleville\/","title":{"rendered":"The Friday Fling Is Writing Away in Villanelleville!"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Friday Fling #158 December 9th 2011<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

As those in the northern two thirds of the US and all of Canada tend to be spending more time indoors in December, we tend to spend more time reading and watching, and in…Daydreams. Here’s one: <\/font>if you could be a character in a story, who would it be? Tell a story with you as that character. <\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

This week we’re going to suggest you write your story in one of CPC founder Cheryl’s favorite formats, the Villanelle. Shadow Poetry.com explains the Villanelle as:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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 (as the last line of succeeding stanzas) throughout the poem, and appear together in the last couplet (last two lines).<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Runaway<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Why do they runaway?
\nMy soul so beautiful, so bright
\nBut for some reason I keep them at bay<\/font><\/p>\n

Sometimes I wish they would stay
\nThey give up on me without a fight
\nWhy do they runaway?<\/font><\/p>\n

Some think I am pretty, I say I’m okay
\nThough this doesn’t feel right
\nBut for some reason I keep them at bay<\/font><\/p>\n

What can I do, what can I say?
\nWhat causes their flight?
\nWhy do they runaway?<\/font><\/p>\n

Just when I think I’ve won their heart, they stray
\nI feel like the farthest planet in the night
\nBut for some reason I keep them at bay<\/font><\/p>\n

What have I done to chase them away?
\nMy soul beckons to them like a beacon of light
\nWhy do they runaway?
\nBut for some reason I keep them at bay<\/font><\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2000 Julie Wright<\/font><\/p>\n

This week the Friday Fling creates daydreamy stories in Villanelle!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Be sure to save time to read and comment dreamily on your fellow Pals’ visceral Villanelles. Then go create the next chapter of your real life story this weekend!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Fickle Finger of Fate Award for\u00a0 December 2nd<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Congratulations Angel Love!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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