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Poems for years 4, 5 and 6 of the Promptly Poetry Challenge.

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A Villanelle
A Villanelle

Amelia reads The Soldier by Rupert Brook,
a poem that says much of how I feel -
I suggest you take the time and look.

And yes, my England’s darker like the rook,
but love of country still the deepest deal -
Amelia reads The Soldier by Rupert Brook.

Enchanting forested glade and hidden nook
held dear as well as industrial wheel -
I suggest you take the time and look.

Though foreign climes hold me (away I’m took),
the scars of absence within will never heal -
Amelia reads The Soldier by Rupert Brook.

Now the evening approaches with shepherd’s crook,
still my thoughts to England ever steal -
I suggest you take the time and look.

The final chapter in my wandering book,
my heart they’ll find far beyond anneal.
Amelia reads The Soldier by Rupert Brook,
I suggest you take the time and look.



Line count: 19
Form: Villanelle
For Promptly Poetry Challenge 6, Week 28
Prompt: Write a villanelle.
Note: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0z_j6JMJ28U .

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